# Display user data type r199

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/display-user-data-type-r199/1580>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/display-user-data-type-r199/1580 "2021-01-13T07:43:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pte/32/444_2.png) [@pte](https://community.tulip.co/u/pte)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/display-user-data-type-r199/1580/1 "2021-01-13T07:43:59Z")

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Hello everyone,

I would like to give a feedback and also ask a question related to the **new display of the user data type with r199.**  
Now if we display a user variable the display cannot be controlled (font, color, size). Plus, end-user can click on their name which could easily lead to mistakes. I had to change my variable to text by displaying Logged-in User - Name.

Yet, I haven’t found a solution for data stored in table. If I’ve a column of users in a table, when I load a record I copy the user in a local variable (user type) but I cannot display it nicely on the screen now. Do you know for example how to extract the name (text) from a user variable ?

Below some screenshots :

In Tulip app editor (no change) :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/f/fb570c14e3f25589ccae5d3aff2db668645a032a.png)

In tulip player :

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/5/508cf662d5f73e31898076991f269d872ca01583.png)

When user click on his name :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/c/c1d3b7554d8c56585cdb79e41d6d46221edd155b.png)

Thanks by advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kailey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/kailey/32/5386_2.png) [@Kailey](https://community.tulip.co/u/Kailey)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/display-user-data-type-r199/1580/2 "2021-01-13T19:18:43Z")

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Hey Patxi,

How are you currently storing the User variable into the table record that you’re then trying to return?

If you are doing something like **Store - AppInfo.CurrentLoggedInUser** to a record, you could add an additional column that is **Store - AppInfo.CurrentLoggedInUser - Name** to the table.

This way you you can return just the Name of the User, and display it as a Table Record on your app.

Is that something that might work for you?

Thanks,  
Kailey

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**Author:** ![pte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pte/32/444_2.png) [@pte](https://community.tulip.co/u/pte)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/display-user-data-type-r199/1580/3 "2021-01-14T03:41:06Z")

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Hello Kailey,

> If you are doing something like **Store - AppInfo.CurrentLoggedInUser** to a record, you could add an additional column that is **Store - AppInfo.CurrentLoggedInUser - Name** to the table.

You understand very well and I think it will be the solution for now ! But it feels weird to duplicate information like this.

I may change it into a product suggestion then to easily switch between user data, user name or  
badge ID when we have an user variable.