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Creating a name field that defaults to the logged in user

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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 10,323 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@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

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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:

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