How to get username on the basis of first name ?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:19:14 GMT

No problem!

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:15:57 GMT

thanks a lot

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:06:03 GMT

a!localVariables(
local!userList: getdistinctusers(cons!GLB_DEVELOPERS_GROUP),

a!dropdownField(
label: "Dropdown",
labelPosition: "ABOVE",
placeholder: "--- Select a Value ---",
choiceLabels: a!forEach(
local!userList,
user(fv!item, "firstName") & " " & user(fv!item, "lastName")
),

choiceValues: local!userList,
saveInto: {},
searchDisplay: "AUTO",
validations: {}
)
)

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:03:26 GMT

Ok...the list is being generated from an Appian group? If so, make the choiceLabels a list of "First Name and Last Name" and the choiceValues the list of usernames in the Group.

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:00:59 GMT

I have created a group for users and all first and last names are unique ...is there a way or not to retrieve user name from first name ? please tell me this

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:59:34 GMT

Unless First Name + Last Name is 100% unique, 100% of the time, you cannot ensure users are selecting the user they intend to select. Where are you getting the data for the array? Are all Appian users in that table?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:55:03 GMT

loggedinUser() will allow only the logged in user to be displayed. But in my case any user can be selected from dropdown

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:52:27 GMT

Can you use the "loggedinuser()" function so the user does not have to select their information? This function will return the userid for the user that is logged into Appian.

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:51:01 GMT

User will select their first and last name from drop-down based on which I have to extract user name and save it in my database. Since most of the users are not aware of username , we cannot show them in drop down. Can you please tell me a way to extract username using firstname, email or last name attributes ?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:48:07 GMT

yes that would be okay...I just need a way to get the username

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:48:04 GMT

How are you building your array for the dropdown? Is it being queried from a table in a database?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:47:03 GMT

Why can you not use a userpicker field? What are you trying to accomplish with the drop down? It is a plugin that has to be added to your environment.

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:44:48 GMT

user search () is not a valid function in appian 21.1

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:39:25 GMT

I have defined an array to populate the list of users....but I want to extract the user name from first name since user(username,property) required username to be known which I dont know

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

Peter Lewis — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:35:00 GMT

How are you getting the list of first and last names to populate the dropdowns? I agree with other posters that having a user picker is a much easier way to set this up.

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

sowrabhar0001 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:33:21 GMT

Agree

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

sowrabhar0001 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:32:47 GMT

Again, is it possible to reconsider the approach of displaying users in a dropdown, to displaying them in a user picker. The problem being, in Appian its possible to have multiple users with the same first name and last name combo, which means your search would result in multiple usernames, is that fine?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

bryant.st39 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:32:37 GMT

How are you getting the list of to populate the drop down? There is a plugin that can be used to search users by properties, but if more than one user is returned with the same first name and last name, that would be an issue because you cannot ensure you are selecting the correct user.

This plugin, https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/personalization-utilities, will allow you to search users by various fields.

usersearch(
{"firstName"},
{0},
{"Larry"}
)

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

amangupta — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:25:05 GMT

I have a drop down field from where I get user first and last name. From these 2 fields I need to retrieve username. How can I retrieve username ?

RE: How to get username on the basis of first name ?

sowrabhar0001 — Mon, 10 May 2021 13:23:33 GMT

Hi Aman, There could be multiple people with the same first name, so the search would return multiple users, which wouldnt be the right thing to do. What is the usecase? You could use a user picker and people could type in to get the name of the user from the name