UUID of current user in UI

Question

Hi,
does anybody know how to get the UUID of the current user in the UI? We'd like to implement a DefaulSet that filters the selection of the OWL to show only instances that "belong" to the current user (something like "My Orders").
- Daniel

Answer 1

Hi Guys,
I have found quite an elegant way to achieve this, so thought I would share..
Studio
1) Create a Reuse library in your solution
2) Create a Function "GetCurrentUser" and enable for UI Designer, return one of the standard text types (I have used LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_ENTENDED_Text in this example but could be shorter)
3) Code ABSL function to return the required ID. (In this case I needed to find and return the Business Partner Internal ID of the current user)
UI Designer
4) Add Dedicated Field, of type matching the return value of your ABSL function. - I found Text was safest, others gave me runtime errors.
Rename
From properties window, create a new Field transformation
Pick your reuse function from your solution. (Only functions with matching return data types will be listed for selection)
5) Create a new Data Structure 'ContextParameters', and nest a new Data Field 'CurrentUserID' (this structure is required to bind to the query parameter on the UI
6) Bind query parameter to the Data Field created in 5.
7) On the Event Handler to Execute Default Set(s), insert a Data Operation to assign the CurrentuserID from the DedicatedField across to your datastructure/datafield bound to the query ( this seems to be necessary on every call of a query)
All being well, your query should execute with the filter of the current user, allowing "My <object>" DefaultSets
Regards
Jon