Hi Dojo Community,
Does anyone know which field of user information the DOM helper fields "CreatedBy" and "ChangedBy" refer to exactly?
For me, it's always the username (which in my case is also the full name).
Even when I use a domain user, only the user name is displayed without the domain (e.g., "username" instead of "domain\username").
However, a conflict could arise if a local user with the same name exists. Why isn't "domain\username" used here?
Hi Felix,
When a DOM instance is created or updated, the user's 'Full name' will be assigned to the "CreatedBy" and/or "ChangedBy" fields. This is most often a nicer, more human-readable name, which allows you to easily display it without needing to resolve the login name. This does however, as you correctly noted, allow for possible confusion when there are other accounts with the same full name. It is unfortunately currently not possible to choose which name is assigned.
There are currently no plans yet for that. Feel free to create a feature request and add some insights on a certain use-case where this would be useful to you. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the clarification.
Is there any chance you'll change it to username or domainusername in case of a domain user in the near future, or add a corresponding option?
Or should I create a feature request?
If someone needs a more readable form, there are methods to determine a user's full name.
However, it's not possible to reliably determine the username from the fullname.