Can you set default values for person/group picker fields? To current user?

Question

Two-part question/issue . . .
Part 1:
In InfoPath 2013 in use with SharePoint 2013, how do you set a Default Value for Person/Group Picker fields? Other field types like Text Boxes have a Default Value section in the Data tab of Properties.  There doesn't appear to be any equivalent for
the Person/Group Picker field type in Properties.  I'd like to set a default person for a few fields in a form I've created.  Is this possible?
Part 2:
The default user I want to set for one of those Person/Group fields is the "current user."  I want a user to log into our SharePoint 2013 intranet, load a new form for edit/creation, and have one of the Person/Group fields in that form to
automatically populate this particular user.  Is this possible?

Answer 1

Hi Stephen,
You can auto populate your InfoPath farm with current user Name and all other property that you have in your User profile, you have couple of options.
First you can make a secondary connection in your InfoPath form with user profile and can use the UserProfileService.asmx and call the GetUserProfileByName method. Here is the steps you can follow.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/anneste/archive/2011/11/02/how-to-create-an-infopath-form-to-auto-populate-data-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx
Secondly you can use JQuery and SPServices ,
$().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser function to populate the values with script to achieve the same in this case you no need to use InfoPath form just create simple text type column in SharePoint
list and auto populate it with getting the current user Name from User Profile here is the scripts
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../../jQuery%20Libraries/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../../jQuery%20Libraries/jquery.SPServices-0.5.4.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
  var userCurrentName = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({
    fieldName: "CurrentUser"
  $("input[Title='CurrentUser']").val(userCurrentName);
  var userPhone = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({
    fieldName: "WorkPhone"
  $("input[Title='Phone']").val(userPhone);
</script>
Krishana Kumar http://www.mosstechnet-kk.com