loggedInUser() Function

Function

loggedInUser()

Returns the current user logged in to the application.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

User

Usage considerations

It is only applicable in situations where there is a user context, such as when rendering an interface, displaying a report, or executing a process task form.

If there is no user context, such as when used in an expression in a node output, loggedInUser() returns "Administrator".

In non-SAIL task forms that do not follow an activity-chained flow, loggedInUser() can be populated by selecting the Refresh default values every time the task form is viewed checkbox on the Other tab of the activity. The checkbox does not need to be selected when an interface is used as it is automatically applied.

The function can be used to filter process reports for the current user. Cast the data to the User data type with the touser() function.

loggedInUser() cannot be used to define a column of process report data or in a process event.

Examples

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

Return the user that is viewing a report or an interface

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loggedInUser()

Returns current.user.

Check if the logged in user is in an array

Identify if the logged in user is in an array of users using the contains() function:

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contains(ri!userArray, touser(loggedinuser()))

Returns true or false.

Check if a logged in user is in the array

Given a rule input of ri!userArray, check if the logged in user is in the array using the contains() function:

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loggedinuser()=touser(tp!owner)

Returns true or false.

This function can't be evaluated in the expression editor.

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