userDisplayName()

This function returns the display name for a given user name.

Syntax

userDisplayName(userName) #Output: Text

Parser expression	Description
%{userDisplayName(%{system.currentUser})}	This example returns the display name of the current user, e.g.: Bob Smith

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`userName`	TEXT	Text containing a valid user name.

This function returns a TEXT

Variant for multiple users.

Syntax

userDisplayName(userList) #Output: Text list

Parser expression

Description

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

This example returns the display names of all watchers.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

%{toString(userDisplayName(["b.smith", "d.jones"]))}

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

Bob Smith, Dave Jones

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`userList`	TEXT LIST	Any valid text list.

This function returns a TEXT LIST

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

Use cases and examples

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