user() Function

Function

user( username, property )

Returns information for a user.

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Usage considerations

Using the property parameter

The property parameter 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

Querying multiple users

The user() function can only return information about a single user. If you need to return information about multiple users, you should use the a!queryRecordType() function to query the User record type.

For example, you could use the user() function to display a user's first and last name. But, if you want to display the first and last name of all active users, you would use the following expression:

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a!queryRecordType(
  recordType: recordType!User,
  fields: recordType!User.fields.firstAndLastName,
  filters: a!queryFilter(
    field: recordType!User.fields.active,
    operator: "=",
    value: true
  ),
  pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 500)
).data
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Returns

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Jane Doe
John Smith
Sam Jones
William Doe
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Learn more about referencing data from the User record type

Examples

The following examples use a sample record type called Employee. These expressions illustrate how to display data in a record list, which is why they uses the fv! domain prefix.

Record type object references are specific to each environment. If you copy and paste these examples into your interface, they will not evaluate. Use them as a references only.

Return a user's first and last name

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user(username: fv!row[recordType!Employee.fields.username], property: "firstName") & " " & user(username: fv!row[recordType!Employee.fields.username], property: "lastName")
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Returns Jane Doe.

Return the timestamp when a user was created

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user(username: fv!row[recordType!Employee.fields.username], property: "created")
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Returns 12/20/22 10:36 PM GMT.

Return a user's email

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user(username: fv!row[recordType!Employee.fields.username], property: "email")
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Returns jane.doe@example.com.

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