Obtaining Current User Information
Obtaining Current User Information
View.user
The following examples demonstrate the use of the
View.user
object to obtain current user information:
var isReservationManager = View.user.isMemberOfGroup('RESERVATION MANAGER');
var userName = View.user.name;
var em_id = View.user.employee.id;
var dvId = View.user.employee.organization.divisionId;
The
View.user
object contains the following properties:
| Property |
Description |
|---|---|
| View.user.name | User name |
| View.user.role | User role name |
| View.user.email | User email address |
| View.user.locale | User locale name |
| View.user.employee.id | Employee ID |
| View.user.employee.number | Employee number |
| View.user.employee.phone | Employee phone |
| View.user.employee.imageFile | Employee image file name |
| View.user.employee.honorific | Employee honorific |
| View.user.employee.space.roomId | Employee room ID |
| View.user.employee.space.floorId | Employee floor ID |
| View.user.employee.space.buildingId | Employee building ID |
| View.user.employee.space.siteId | Employee site ID |
| View.user.employee.space.countryId | Employee country ID |
| View.user.employee.organization.divisionId | Employee division ID |
| View.user.employee.organization.departmentId | Employee department ID |
| View.user.isMemberOfGroup('FIM') |
Returns
true
if the user belongs to specified group or to the '%' group
|
| View.user.groups | Array of group names this user belongs to |
| View.user.isGuest |
Returns
true
is the user is a guest user
|
AbCommonResources-getUser()
The information associated with the current logged-in user is available
by calling an
AbCommonResources-getUser
workflow rule. The workflow rule returns a
User
JS object that contains all data fields for the current user. The object
should be considered read-only and cannot be used to change the user information.
The
User
object contains the following properties:
|
Property name |
Property type |
Property description |
Example |
|
User_name |
string |
User name |
AFM |
|
role_name |
string |
Name of the role this user belongs to |
FIM |
|
|
string |
User email address |
|
|
Locale |
string |
User locale string |
en_US |
|
Groups |
Array<string> |
Array of group names this user belongs to |
["Administrator", "Host"] |
|
The f ollowing properties are null if the user email does not match any record in the em table |
|||
|
Employee.em_id |
string |
Employee name |
|
|
Employee.em_number |
string |
Employee number |
|
|
Employee.phone |
string |
Employee phone number |
|
|
Employee.bl_id |
string |
Building ID |
|
|
Employee.fl_id |
string |
Floor ID |
|
|
Employee.rm_id |
string |
Room ID |
|
|
Employee.Building.site_id |
string |
Site ID |
|
|
Employee.Building.country_id |
string |
Country ID |
|
|
Employee.dv_id |
string |
Division ID |
|
|
Employee.dp_id |
string |
Department ID |
|
The example below shows how to obtain the current user information:
function getUserInfo()
{
var result = Workflow.call('AbCommonResources-getUser',
{});
if (result.code == 'executed') {
var user = result.data;
alert('User '
+ user.name +
' belongs to groups ' + user.groups;
} else {
handleError('Could not obtain
UserInfo', result);
}
}