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How to find UserName in a custom visual
- skakara10 years agoMicrosoft Employee
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: '[email protected]',
givenName: xxxxx,
surname: xxxxx,
puid: xxxxx,
uoid: xxxxx,
alternateEmail: ''
}
}
};- v-chuncz-msft10 years agoCommunity Support
Hi skakara,
Currently, playing with powerbi.session.userInfo in custom visual may not be reliable. See https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals/issues/412.
- nivasnalla8 years agoFrequent VisitorDo we have any update on this?