In this blog post we will learn how PowerApps get current user (ID, Email, Name,Picture, Manager, language, ….

PowerApps get current user Details

In Power Apps you can get the Current user details using the User() function and the Office365Users connection.

User function in PowerApps

You can use PowerApps User() function to get the FullName, Email and the Image of the Current logged in user 

PowerApps user function Syntax

User()

PowerApps get current user Full name

User().FullName

PowerApps get current user Email

User().Email

PowerApps get current user Image

User().Image

Use office365users Connector

The second option in PowerApps to get more details about the user is by using office365users connection.

• Connect the Office 365 Users to Your app.
• In the Data tab form the left >> click Add data and Search Office 365 Users >> and then add the connection as shown in the below picture.

Now you can use office365users connector to get current user information

PowerApps office365users get user by email

You can use Office365Users.UserProfile or Office365Users.UserProfileV2 that get more information about the user using the user email.

PowerApps get current user display name

Office365Users.UserProfile(User().Email).DisplayName

PowerApps get current user id

Office365Users.UserProfile(User().Email).Id

PowerApps get current user Department

Office365Users.UserProfile(User().Email).Department

PowerApps get current user location

Office365Users.UserProfile(User().Email).OfficeLocation

PowerApps get Logged in user job title

Office365Users.UserProfile(User().Email).JobTitle

You can get all of this properties “id, displayName, givenName, surname, mail, mailNickname, accountEnabled, userPrincipalName, department, jobTitle, mobilePhone, businessPhones, city, companyName, country, officeLocation, postalCode.”

PowerApps get current user Manager

Office365Users.ManagerV2(User().Email).mail

You can get the other properties of the current user manager using the above concept, just change the mail property to the property you want to retrieve.

Powerapps get user information

You can get the details of any user by using the USerProfile function an pass the User Email to it as shown below.

Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).City
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).CompanyName
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).Country
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).Department
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).DisplayName
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).GivenName
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).Id
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).JobTitle
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).Mail
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).MailNickname
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).mobilePhone
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).OfficeLocation
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).PostalCode
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).Surname
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).TelephoneNumber
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).UserPrincipalName
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).AccountEnabled
Office365Users.UserProfile(userEmail).BusinessPhones

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• How PowerApps Patch Collection?
• PowerApps Patch Function Uses And Examples
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• PowerApps Validation Examples On/before Submitting
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