I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

RE: I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

sikhivahans — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:13:09 GMT

@helmuta, How about trying this? username can be retrieved by using User search expression based on the first name and/ or last name values you have.

RE: I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

Mike Cichy — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:04:20 GMT

You need to change your design to utilize a username. You can always get additional details from the user profile based on the username.

RE: I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

helmuta — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:39:49 GMT

No luck. The problem I am having is that the name is a string first name last name and it does not equate to the username. Is there a way to look up the username given a text string?

RE: I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

helmuta — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:40:06 GMT

Yes, the user has an account but the only thing that I have is their name not their username in test format. For example John Doe (userid 123456). I will give your suggestion a try. Thank you!

RE: I have a process model that has the user's name in a text field. I want to

Mike Cichy — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:29:19 GMT

Is this user an Appian user? If so you can extract their email address from their profile and make sure you convert it to email address type: toemailaddress(user(pv!username, "email"))