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User function

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Applies to: Canvas apps Power Pages

Returns information about the current user.

Description

The User function returns a record of information about the current user:

Property Description
User().Email Email address of the current user. The User().Email function returns the user's UPN and not the SMTP email address.
User().EntraObjectId Microsoft Entra Object ID of the current user, useful for calling APIs that use this value. This is a GUID value and unique for each user.
User().FullName Full name of the current user, including first and last names.
User().Image Image of the current user. This will be an image URL of the form "blob:identifier". Set the Image property of the Image control to this value to display the image in the app.

Note

The information returned is for the current Power Apps user. It will match the "Account" information that is displayed in the Power Apps players and studio, which can be found outside of any authored apps. This may not match the current user's information in Office 365 or other services.

Note

If you published your application with a User function prior to March 2020, you may find that it, intermittently, will not retrieve photos. The issues were fixed in the late March 2020 release. To take advantage of the updated implementation, simply re-open your application, save it, and republish it.

Syntax

User()

Examples

The current Power Apps user has the following information:

  • Full Name: "John Doe"
  • Email address: "john.doe@contoso.com"
  • Entra Object Id: a90c6800-e58c-4495-81f7-55819b56fe2a (GUID)
  • Image: Image icon.
Formula Description Result
User() Record of all information for the current Power Apps user. { FullName: "John Doe", Email: "john.doe@contoso.com", Image: "blob:1234...5678", EntraObjectId: a90c6800‑e58c‑4495‑81f7‑55819b56fe2a }
User().Email The email address of the current Power Apps user. "john.doe@contoso.com"
User().FullName The full name of the current Power Apps user. "John Doe"
User().EntraObjectId Microsoft Entra Object ID of the current user. a90c6800-e58c-4495-81f7-55819b56fe2a (GUID)
User().Image The image URL for the current Power Apps user. Set the Image property of the Image control to this value to display the image in the app. "blob:1234...5678"

With ImageControl.Image:
Image icon 1.