Hi to everyone, there is a function in Appian that let me get the username

marcoc200 over 9 years ago

Hi to everyone,
there is a function in Appian that let me get the username for a user starting from his Name Surname. I explain better, i have a cdt with a field (Name) in which i save the name and the surname of the user (for example Marco Cuva), I want to get the username in appian associated to that user and using the user to get his email.
PS: We use Appian 7.6
Thanks

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0 Sathya Srinivasan
Appian Employee
over 9 years ago

APN_displayUser() function available as part of Appian common objects
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0 Steven Miccile
Appian Employee
over 9 years ago

I do not know of a function that searches profile fields as you describe. Rather than saving the first and last name of a user into a cdt, you should be saving the username in the cdt and get those profile fields as needed using the user() function on the username saved.
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0 Stefan Helzle
A Score Level 3
over 9 years ago

Searching for name and surname is dangerous because they are not unique. You can have several users with the same name und surname.
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0 Tim
Certified Lead Developer
over 9 years ago

There's a shared component that will do exactly as you require:
forum.appian.com/.../summary
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0 Chris over 9 years ago

Thanks Tim. I noticed compatibility is listed as 7.0 - is anyone using this on a higher version? I would like to use this on 7.3 if possible to aid in locating duplicate user accounts (with different user IDs after migrations, etc).
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0 Tim
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over 9 years ago

I've used it on all versions up to 7.5 without issue
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0 Chris over 9 years ago

Thanks - just dropped it into 7.3 and no issues.
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