Hey Gio, We would like to have the ability to extract the User Name as text from the User Table. Currently, you can only extract the record ID as the generated random string made for each record, but it would be nice to utilize their actual User Name that is displayed without having to create a cu…

Hi @Pete_Hartnett Looking forward to the new feature… Thanks!

Hey @vch - On a whim, I tried to see if this was possible with a custom widget, and lo-and-behold, it is! Attached is the widget. Instructions on how to install are here: [image] Custom Widgets Overview Build your own features in Tulip using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Library…

Hello @Pete_Hartnett your “get user name” custom widget is not working for out instance, any idea why? Maybe has to be updated for newer version of tulip ? [image]

Hi Jan, Here is the JSON file, exported from R249. Thanks, Aaron customWidget-Get User Name (2).json (2.0 KB)

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , Any updates on this? I looked for the Product suggestions topic about this, but couldn’t find it.

User customer widget to finish it , The js will be like this: getValue(‘UserIn’, (UserIn) => { fireEvent(‘show name’, UserIn.name); }); [image] [image]

Giving this feature another nudge as this would be very helpful to have.

Hi all, This feature is very helpful and we have many use cases for this. Please let me whenever this feature is available in tulip.

Hi all, I would also like to see a name instead of "Hi o74ramPsKcXq3ugvK "

Hi folks - I’m a new PM who recently joined Tulip. Quick note that this is not currently on the roadmap, but I appreciate the re-flag. I’ll triage with the team to see if a quick win is feasible, and will update this thread. Appreciate the Community & active voice of the customer! Olga

Extract User Name Text from User Table

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Alinator October 2, 2024, 12:36pm 19

If we really want this to get some attention I think we should vote on the product suggestion Richard-SNN linked to this thread:

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Extract User Name Text from User Table

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