Display Full name in a Readonly a!PickerUserField/ User() function

Question

Hi! 
 I am using Appian v17.3 and I have encounter a problem when I was using a!pickerFieldUsers() function in SAIL 
 a!pickerFieldUsers( label:"Name", value:"jho", readOnly: true ), 
 The preview shows the full name 
 
 But it fails when it goes to Tempo 
 
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 The problem also happened when I use the user() function to get the full name 
 concat( User( "jho", "firstName" ), " ", User( "jho", "lastName" ) ) 
 The preview shows the full name 
 
 But it fails when it goes to Tempo 
 
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 May I know why is that?

Rama Thummala · Accepted Answer

joanneh , I would suggest to use a!pickerFieldCustom() instead.

sureshg57 · Answer

This seems like a issue with the user security. (logged in user does not have viewer right to other user accounts) When you trying to see this in sail via tempo are you logging in as Basic user or admin user? first check if the user who is trying to see the user has access to this users. Also you can check in admin console what is the default user visibility settings. (If this is set in admin console then when a basic user logs in they will not be able to see any users in User record also except for him/her self) If it is set to not to see other users, basic users will not be able to view other users, hence you will get into this problem.

Please do these checks and let us know if that is the case. 
 
Regards 
Suresh

Mike Schmitt · Answer

I second sureshg57 's answer. The functionality you're after works properly when user security is set up correctly. 
 Additionally, you might need to check the user security role mappings, both for the user you're trying to see and for the user you're using for testing.

ankita0004 · Answer

The better approach is to use a!link field on record: 
 
a!linkField( 
 label:concat(user("username","firstName")," ",user("username","lastName")), 
 links:{ 
 a!userRecordLink( 
 label:concat(user("username","firstName")," ",user("username","lastName")), 
 user:"username" 
 ) 
 } 
)