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can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

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Posted on 21 May 2024 12:50:35 by MTNK

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Good Morning!

I need to auto populate Inspector(person column name) field based on User Login on canvas app.

(I made the canvas app with my SharePoint List.)

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MTNK 798 on 15 Apr 2025 at 14:41:19

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can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

Thanks everyone for helping.

It worked for me!

DefaultSelectedItems

Coalesce(

Parent.Default,{

Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(User().Email),

DisplayName:User().FullName

})

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DisplayMode

DisplayMode.View

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Items Property

Choices([@'SPlist name'].Column Name)

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DisplayFields

["DisplayName"]

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MTNK 798 on 28 May 2024 at 15:02:33

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Re: can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

@anandm08 It is working.

however in the records for Test Record it is showing something like in image .

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anandm08 1,936 Super User 2024 Season 2 on 22 May 2024 at 05:41:04

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Re: can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

{ '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser", DisplayName: User().FullName, Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & User().Email, Email: User().Email }
try this code in the Default property of the dropdown parent control.
MTNK 798 on 21 May 2024 at 13:23:58

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Re: can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

@anandm08

I appreciate your kind help.

My connector is Office365Users
I tried the code also it did not work.

Can you please review my code -

Table({Cliams:"i:0#.f|membership|" & User().Email, DisplayName: var_userGivenName, Email:User().Email})
anandm08 1,936 Super User 2024 Season 2 on 21 May 2024 at 13:05:01

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Re: can user name in canvas app be auto populated for person column field

try this and let me know if you face any issue