Comparing dDocAuthor, Username in Weblayout query

Question

We're on a Windows system, the UCM user names are in the format "XDOMAIN\smith" with a single embedded "\" character.
I'm trying to construct a custom query in the Weblayout editor to pull documents authored by the current user.
A query like
dDocAuthor <matches> `XDOMAIN\\smith`
works fine (using two "\" characters in the right hand expression).
However, I want something generic for all users, e.g.,
dDocAuthor <matches> `<$Username$>`
This results in zero rows because of the embedded "\" character, I think. I've tried
dDocAuthor <matches> `<$strReplace(Username,"\","\\")$>`
but that does not work either.
Any ideas are appreciated.

Answer 1

couple things:
1) make sure you're using camel case: <$UserName$>
Per the documentation here: Idoc Script Reference Guide > Idoc Script Index > UserName
2) try using the like operator <$if dDocAuthor like UserName$> should evaluate to true
3) if all else fails, use explicit substring operators
<$onlyUserName=strSubstring(UserName,7)$> (note: 7 is the starting index for the substring based on the 0-based lenghth of your domain and the slash)
<$if>
<$dDocAuthor==onlyUserName$>
some stuff
<$endif$>
hope this helps
Billy Cripe
Fishbowl Solutions