Function

user( username, property )

Returns information for a user. locale and timeZone return the user's preference or null if not set.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
username	Text	The username or user object of the user whose information should be retrieved.
property	Text	The information to retrieve for this user. See Usage considerations.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

The property value accepts the following (case-sensitive) values:

• firstName
• middleName
• lastName
• displayName (the user's nickname)
• supervisorName
• titleName
• email
• phoneOffice
• phoneMobile
• phoneHome
• address1
• address2
• address3
• city
• state
• province
• zipCode
• country
• locale
• timeZone
• customField1
• customField2
• customField3
• customField4
• customField5
• customField6
• customField7
• customField8
• customField9
• customField10
• uuid
• created
• status
• userTypeId
• userTypeName

Examples

You can copy and paste these examples into the expression rule designer to see how this works.

user("mike.smith","created") returns 12/20/05 10:36 PM GMT

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
Custom Record Field Expressions	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible