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Linking db name to User().Fullname

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I am trying to select a user in my database that corresponds to the User().Fullname

This way I can pull the users data into the fields in the appl. 

 

The database [db] which has a field "Display Name" in the format - lastname, firstname. 

It also has fields: firstname, lastname

 

User().Fullname returns text in the form firstname + " " + lastname 

 

I can create a datatable which lists Concatenate('[db]'.FirstName, " ", '[db]'.LastName)

 

I've tried Filter('[db]', Concatenate('[db]'.FirstName, " ", '[db]'.LastName) = User().Fullname) - but this returns an error

 

I can Split User().Fullname into a datatable, but I can figure out how to reformat it to match the [db].DisplayName  

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    CarlosFigueira Profile Picture
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    I've tried Filter('[db]', Concatenate('[db]'.FirstName, " ", '[db]'.LastName) = User().Fullname) - but this returns an error

     

    Inside a Filter expression, you don't need to specify '[db]' - you are alread in the context of the rows from the database. If you write your expression as follows it should work.

    Filter('[db]', Concatenate(FirstName, " ", LastName) = User().FullName)

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