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Creating a name field that defaults to the logged in user

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Posted on by nitto619

Hi all,

Still a novice here.  I have an app that populates a Sharepoint list which includes a column for a user.  This column should default to the logged in user.  For the app I tried to use the Default field tried to use something like:

Office365Users.MyProfileV2(User().Email)

 

Wasn't sure if Email is correct or if it should be FullName.  Either way, I can't get it to default to the logged in user name (or ID?).  Any suggestions?

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  • RobElliott Profile Picture
    RobElliott 10,529 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    @nitto619 make sure you add the Office 365 Users connector into your app then you can use Office365Users.MyProfile().Mail which will get the email of the current logged in user. To get their firstname and surname you would use Office365Users.MyProfile().GivenName&" "& Office365Users.MyProfile().Surname as in the image below

     

    screenshot190123.png

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

  • nitto619 Profile Picture
    nitto619 on at

    Hi Rob,

     

    I do have Office365Users connected to the app.  The issue sounds like it could be a type/format issue on how to get it to work with Sharepoint List "Person or Group" type. I do get this error:

    nitto619_0-1674162814372.png

     

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