userDisplayName() | Decadis App Help Center

This function returns the display name for a given user name.

Bash

userDisplayName(userName) #Output: Text

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `userDisplayName(%{system.currentUser})`	This example returns the display name of the current user, e.g.: Bob Smith

Parser expression

Description

Bash

userDisplayName(%{system.currentUser})

This example returns the display name of the current user, e.g.:

Bob Smith

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`userName`	text	Text containing a valid user name.

Output

This function returns a text

Variant for multiple users.

Bash

userDisplayName(userList) #Output: Text list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `toString(userDisplayName(%{issue.watcher}))`	This example returns the display names of all watchers. To achieve this, the following functions are used: toString()
Bash `toString(userDisplayName(["b.smith", "d.jones"]))`	This example returns the display names of all two users, e.g.: Bob Smith, Dave Jones To achieve this, the following functions are used: toString()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

toString(userDisplayName(%{issue.watcher}))

This example returns the display names of all watchers.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Bash

toString(userDisplayName(["b.smith", "d.jones"]))

This example returns the display names of all two users, e.g.:

Bob Smith, Dave Jones

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`userList`	text list	Any valid text list.

Output

This function returns a text list

If you want to return the user name instead of a display name, check out: fullNameToUser()

📚 Use cases and examples

Use case	JWT feature	Workflow function	Field type	Automated action	Parser functions
Add comment with the request participants' display name		Add comment			toString() textOnStringList() toStringList() userDisplayName()
Prevent external users from creating issues		Logical validator			matches() toString() textOnStringList() toStringList() userDisplayName()