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February 17, 2023
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Calculated Field - Entered By Population

  • February 17, 2023
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Hello All, 

 

I am trying to add a calculated field to custom forms. I want the form to populate who entered the data into the custom form for Issues/Requests. Attached is what I have, but what it gives me is the person's ID number instead of their name. What do I need to do change and/or add to get what I need to populate?

 

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    Best answer by Sheri_Whitten

    Try using {enteredBy}.{name} That usually works anytime you want to grab the name instead of the ID.

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    ChrisStephens
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    ChrisStephensCommunity Advisor
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    February 17, 2023

    Is the person who filled out the custom form the same as the person who entered the issue/request? If so, then that's a native field, and on reports and things you can add the enteredBy: Name field.

     

    If it's not the same, I'm not sure the system could confidently know. Do you have a plan for that?

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    WFGRADMINTRAuthor
    February 17, 2023

    I am aware we can pull the information by using the report enteredBy: Name field, but we have a customer who wants their name to autopopulate while they are filling out the issue/request.

    ChrisStephens
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    ChrisStephensCommunity Advisor
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    February 17, 2023

    That's not how it works, unfortunately. Calculated fields don't process until it's been saved. 

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    Sheri_WhittenCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
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    February 20, 2023

    Try using {enteredBy}.{name} That usually works anytime you want to grab the name instead of the ID.

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