UserID element (Query)

Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Contains the unique ID number of the currently authenticated user of a site, as defined in the UserInfo table of the content database.

<UserID>
</UserID>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child elements

None

Parent elements

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: Unbounded

Example

The following query returns cases where either the Author or Editor field is equal to the current value of the UserID element, and it returns the results in ascending order with the Title field first, and then the FirstName field.

<Query>
  <Where>
    <Or>
      <Eq>
        <FieldRef Name="Author" />
        <Value Type="Integer">
          <UserID />
        </Value>
      </Eq>
      <Eq>
        <FieldRef Name="Editor" />
        <Value Type="Integer">
          <UserID />
        </Value>
      </Eq>
    </Or>
  </Where>
  <OrderBy>
    <FieldRef Name="Title">
    </FieldRef>
    <FieldRef Name="FirstName">
    </FieldRef>
  </OrderBy>
</Query>