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Displaying the name of the logged in user

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Posted on by cporzeczkowe

I have built the following login screen. I would like the name (from list) of a given user to be displayed on his screen after logging in. How can I do this.

Set(
 teacherRecord,
 LookUp(
 teachers,
 email = txtEmail.Text
 )
);

Set(
 studentRecord,
 LookUp(
 students,
 email = txtEmail.Text
 )
);

If(
 IsBlank(teacherRecord) && IsBlank(studentRecord),
 Notify("Username not found", NotificationType.Error)
);

If(
 !IsBlank(teacherRecord),
 If(
 teacherRecord.password = txtPassword.Text,
 Navigate(home_screen_teachers),
 Notify("Incorrect password", NotificationType.Error)
 )
);

If(
 !IsBlank(studentRecord),
 If(
 studentRecord.password = txtPassword.Text,
 Navigate(home_screen_students),
 Notify("Incorrect password", NotificationType.Error)
 )
)

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Pstork1 68,729 Most Valuable Professional on at

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You can get the display name of the logged in user using user().Fullname. If you are having people login to your app while running the app under a different user account that would violate the licensing terms for Power Apps. Each user using the app must have an appropriate license. So there is usually no reason to have a login screen in the app since the user has to login to use the app itself.

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@cporzeczkowe ,

You have already this information inside teacherRecord /studentRecord global variables.

So, all you need to do is to use in Text property of a label (home_screen_teachers /home_screen_students), the reference to Name column, like teacherRecord.Name

(where Name is the column name you keep the name of the teacher/student).

Please note that this approach (use a logging screen) is against Microsoft regulation and you should reconsider your solution from the start.

Hope it helps !

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cporzeczkowe 35 on at

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Thanks for letting me know about the microsfot regulations. how can I transform this solution so that after logging in from the student's account (emial address). the student only saw his part of the application and similarly with the teacher.

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When the student logs in and runs the application their email address and name are available using a function called User(). You can retrieve the email address in the App.OnStart event or in the OnVisible event on the first screen and store it in a variable. You can then use that to lookup a value in a list to find out whether they are a teach or a student.

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