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This function returns the display name for a given Atlassian account ID. In case , the given text is not a valid Atlassian account ID, an empty text is returned.

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userDisplayName(accountId) #Output: Text

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Parser expression

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%{userDisplayName(%{system.currentUser})}

This example returns the display name of the current user, e.g.:

Bob Smith

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accountId

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Text containing a valid Atlassian account Id

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This function returns a

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Variant for multiple users.

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userDisplayName(accountIdList) #Output: Text list

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%{userDisplayName(toStringList(%{issue.watcher}))}

This example returns the display names of all watchers.

To achieve this, the following function is used:

toStringList()

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%{userDisplayName(["557058:145e0983-5707-439c-80e4-1160dd57f142", %{issue.reporter}])}

This example returns the display names of all the given two users, e.g.:

Bob Smith, Mary Jones

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Parameters used in this function

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accountIdList

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Any valid text list containing Atlassian account Ids

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This function returns a

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If you want to return the Atlassian account Id instead of a display name, check out: userAccountId()

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Short description

Returns the display name of a given user.

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