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How to find UserName in a custom visual

skakara — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 03:45:40 GMT

I'm building a custom visual and I need to identify the logged in user's email. How can I do it? Thanks

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

v-chuncz-msft — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 02:55:42 GMT

Hi skakara,

Do you mean USERNAME Function? It can return the UPN of the user using the report.

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

skakara — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 21:28:20 GMT

Thanks for your reply Sam!!

No, I'm not looking for the USERNAME() DAX function. I'm actually looking for a simple way to get the username from my custom visual's JavaScript code.

When I view the page source of the PowerBI webpage, I see the below global JavaScript object taht actually has the username.

But I'm not 100% sure if I can rely on that object, so that it might not change in future breaking my code.

var powerbi = {
        session : {
            userInfo: {
                name: 'xxxxx@xxxxx.com',
                givenName: xxxxx,
                surname: xxxxx,
                puid: xxxxx,
                uoid: xxxxx,
                alternateEmail: ''
            }
        }
    };

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

v-chuncz-msft — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:41:36 GMT

Hi skakara,

Currently, playing with powerbi.session.userInfo in custom visual may not be reliable. See https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals/issues/412.

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

nivasnalla — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 06:57:09 GMT

Do we have any update on this?

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

v-viig — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:55:58 GMT

Power BI Custom Visuals API does not provide user name or user email.

We recommend to use DAX function to get user's email.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

Re: How to find UserName in a custom visual

lucmax — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:27:12 GMT

Hey @v-viig ,

is this still the case or are there other ways to get the username/-email within the visual and without passing it from outside the visual?

Regards

Lucmax