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

userDisplayName(userName) #Output: Text
Parser expressionDescription
userDisplayName(%{system.currentUser})
This example returns the display name of the current user, e.g.:
Bob Smith

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
userName

Text containing a valid user name.

This function returns a


Variant for multiple users.

userDisplayName(userList) #Output: Text list
Parser expressionDescription
toString(userDisplayName(%{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

ParameterInput (data type)Description
userList

Any valid text list.

This function returns a

If you want to return the user name instead of a display name, check out: fullNameToUser()


Use cases and examples

Parser function cloud
Map(question)
Notes

Workaround

issue.reporter.displayName
//and
issue.watchers.map(u=>u.displayName)

Only possible to access it using an user field, but it is not possible to access to an user with an username, only with the account ID.


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Short description

Returns the full name of a given user.

Output

 

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