How do you store user email or username instead of RID in action types?

Question

I am trying to store the emails and usernames of users who trigger an action type that modify or creates an object. I can do that for the id already, but am not sure how to get other properties?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible to store username and email of the current user. The easiest way to do that is to follow these steps:

1. In your Workshop Application, create 2 variables using: New variable > String > Multipass attribute > Username
2. Add the two variables as a default value to the fields of your action (here the name of the field is Attachment)
3. The username and emails will be filled by default in the form:

This information will be stored in "Entered By" property. As they are multipass attributes, if you display such property in a table, the name of the user will appear.