https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/rules/4290/hi-to-everyone-there-is-a-function-in-appian-that-let-me-get-the-usernameHi 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 wanten-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/15346?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:17:57 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b6365214-ce91-46d5-bf73-032218b108bdChrisThanks - just dropped it into 7.3 and no issues.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15345?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:42:46 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:23160502-548d-494b-b5b7-d85f3b5b646bTimI&#39;ve used it on all versions up to 7.5 without issue<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15344?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:21:56 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:1f7b5414-3fbb-48a3-8626-f0d595aaefdaChrisThanks 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).<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15338?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:40:43 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:6ef9d1dc-70d9-4d30-beaf-56aecaff74a6TimThere&#39;s a shared component that will do exactly as you require: <br /><a href="https://forum.appian.com/suite/tempo/records/type/components/item/i8BWsQdLlzKy55h8z8zJ0sPqpDWFrba_rxdcgE1-aK9bwf6MlA7-u2RWgVwSUWt4w/view/summary">forum.appian.com/.../summary</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15335?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:09:12 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:469c8910-0e98-4f43-9c4b-723948f3f196Stefan HelzleSearching for name and surname is dangerous because they are not unique. You can have several users with the same name und surname.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15334?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:53:18 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:16292429-cf71-4499-8812-17da7dcaaf2bSteven MiccileI 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.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/15333?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:32:21 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:15c6a9f1-5302-4078-9096-864af927edf1Sathya SrinivasanAPN_displayUser() function available as part of Appian common objects<div style="clear:both;"></div>