Greeting User Login Message

[NickzNickz]

Hi ... 

I have below measures to greet users who access the dashboard. 

Greeting User = 
VAR _User = USERNAME()
VAR _Hour = HOUR(NOW())
VAR _Prefix =
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        _Hour < 12, "Good Morning ",
        _Hour >= 12 && _Hour < 17, "Good Afternoon ",
        "Good Evening "
    )

RETURN
CONCATENATE(_Prefix, _User)

However, it shows us the DOMAIN\Username ... 

How can I return the value with the user's Full Name or without DOMAIN\ ...

Regards,

NickzNickz

[tackytechtom · Accepted solution]

Hi @NickzNickz ,

What a great idea to greet your users! 

How about this:

Measure = 
VAR _User = USERNAME()
VAR _Hour = HOUR(NOW())
VAR _Prefix =
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        _Hour < 12, "Good Morning ",
        _Hour >= 12 && _Hour < 17, "Good Afternoon ",
        "Good Evening "
    )

RETURN
CONCATENATE(_Prefix, SUBSTITUTE(_User, "DOMAIN\", "") )

Let me know if this helps 🙂

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
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[NickzNickz]

Hi @tackytechtom ,

I have tested and it shows me the name without the domain name..Greatttt!!!. 
I need to replace DOMAIN\ with my domain name ...😅
If I publish it at power bi service, how can I ensure the timezone follows my timezone ... 

Really appreciate your help @tackytechtom  ...

Regards,

NickzNickz

[tackytechtom]

Hi @NickzNickz ,

You are very welcome! 🙂

This is a classic one. I think now() returns always UTC in the Service. You might need to add some logic to it. Here a thread that might help ypu:

Solved: timezone corrections on power BI service not the s... - Microsoft Power BI Community

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/

[tackytechtom]

Hi @NickzNickz ,

The SUBSTTITUTE function is case sensitive. Is it "DOMAIN\" or "Domain\" or "domain\"?

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/

[tamerj1]

Hi @NickzNickz 

please try

Greeting User =
VAR _User =
PATHITEM ( SUBSTITUTE ( USERNAME (), "/", "|" ), 2 )
VAR _Hour =
HOUR ( NOW () )
VAR _Prefix =
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
_Hour < 12, "Good Morning ",
_Hour >= 12
&& _Hour < 17, "Good Afternoon ",
"Good Evening "
)
RETURN
CONCATENATE ( _Prefix, _User )

[NickzNickz]

Hi @tamerj1 ,

Showing me Good Afternoon only ... 😅

[tamerj1]

@NickzNickz 

Just noticed the mistake. I used "/" instead of "\" 😅

Greeting User =
VAR _User =
PATHITEM ( SUBSTITUTE ( USERNAME (), "\", "|" ), 2 )
VAR _Hour =
HOUR ( NOW () )
VAR _Prefix =
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
_Hour < 12, "Good Morning ",
_Hour >= 12
&& _Hour < 17, "Good Afternoon ",
"Good Evening "
)
RETURN
CONCATENATE ( _Prefix, _User )

[tamerj1]

@NickzNickz 

Of it it is afternoon in your local time then it should.