Set "peoples or groups" field with current user "login name" in sharepoint list form using javascript

Question

hi friends
i am trying to set peoples or groups field in sharepoint  list form with current user login name
here my code
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.9.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function NewItemView () {
var currentUser;
    if (SP.ClientContext != null) {
      SP.SOD.executeOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(getCurrentUser, 'SP.js');
    else {
      SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', null, getCurrentUser);
    function getCurrentUser() {
      var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
      var web = context.get_web();
      currentUser = web.get_currentUser();
      context.load(currentUser);
      context.executeQueryAsync(onSuccessMethod, onRequestFail);
    function onSuccessMethod(sender, args) {
      var account = currentUser.get_loginName();
      var accountEmail = currentUser.get_email();
      var currentUserAccount = account.substring(account.indexOf("|") + 1);
    SetAndResolvePeoplePicker("requester",account);
// This function runs if the executeQueryAsync call fails.
    function onRequestFail(sender, args) {
      alert('request failed' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
 function SetAndResolvePeoplePicker(fieldName, userAccountName) {
   var controlName = fieldName;
    var peoplePickerDiv = $("[id$='ClientPeoplePicker'][title='" + controlName + "']");
    var peoplePickerEditor = peoplePickerDiv.find("[title='" + controlName + "']");
    var spPeoplePicker = SPClientPeoplePicker.SPClientPeoplePickerDict[peoplePickerDiv[0].id];
    peoplePickerEditor.val(userAccountName);
    spPeoplePicker.AddUnresolvedUserFromEditor(true);
</script>
but it is not working
please help me

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to set "peoples or groups" field with current user "login name" in SharePoint list form using JavaScript.
To set "peoples or groups" field with current user "login name”,  you can use the below code:
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.9.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function SetPickerValue(pickerid, key, dispval) {
var xml = '<Entities Append="False" Error="" Separator=";" MaxHeight="3">';
xml = xml + PreparePickerEntityXml(key, dispval);
xml = xml + '</Entities>';
EntityEditorCallback(xml, pickerid, true);
function PreparePickerEntityXml(key, dispval) {
return '<Entity Key="' + key + '" DisplayText="' + dispval + '" IsResolved="True" Description="' + key + '"><MultipleMatches /></Entity>';
function GetCurrentUserAndInsertIntoUserField() {
var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var web = context.get_web();
this._currentUser = web.get_currentUser();
context.load(this._currentUser);
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onSuccess),
Function.createDelegate(this, this.onFailure));
function onSuccess(sender, args) {
SetPickerValue('ctl00_m_g_99f3303a_dffa_4436_8bfa_3511d9ffddc0_ctl00_ctl05_ctl01_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_UserField', this._currentUser.get_loginName(),
this._currentUser.get_title());
function onFaiure(sender, args) {
alert(args.get_message() + ' ' + args.get_stackTrace());
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(GetCurrentUserAndInsertIntoUserField, "sp.js");
</script>
More information:
http://alexeybbb.blogspot.com/2012/10/sharepoint-set-peoplepicker-via-js.html
Best Regards,
Linda Li
Linda Li
TechNet Community Support