topic Display Name in Qlik Sense Desktop in Integration, Extension & APIs

Display Name in Qlik Sense Desktop

jcarloscandela — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:44:10 GMT

Hi All

I need to display my username in my dashboard

Im using the function QVUser() and it shows me empty, and when I use OSUser() it shows me 'Personal/Me'.

How can I show my username 'Juan Carlos Candela'

Thank you.

Levi_Turner — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:04:30 GMT

Hey Juan, That is just how Qlik Sense Desktop works (https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/June2018/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Scripting/SystemFunctions/system-functions.htm): In Qlik Sense Desktop, this function always returns 'Personal\Me'. This is one of the reasons why Section Access does not work in Qlik Sense Desktop. Hope that helps.

jcarloscandela — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:53:43 GMT

Ty a lot for the explanation

BalaBhaskar_Qlik — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 05:58:43 GMT

If your issue resolved, please close this thread.

shaybitton — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:55:20 GMT

I Think i might found a solution for this.

By using "GetFolderPath" function I get the user's folders' paths like : MyMusic, MyPictures etc.

Then use this GetFolderPath function as the 'TEXT' part in the SUBFIELD function.

This solution will give you only the Username with the domain or the machine name.

This is the line you need to add in the script :

let vOSUSER = SubField(GetFolderPath('MyMusic'),'\',3);

Best Regards,

Shay