userDisplayName()

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.

Syntax

userDisplayName(accountId) #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
`accountId`	TEXT	Text containing a valid Atlassian account ID.

This function returns a TEXT

Variant for multiple users.

Syntax

userDisplayName(accountIdList) #Output: Text list

Parser expression

Description

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

This example returns the display names of all watchers.

To achieve this, the following function is used:

toStringList()

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

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

Bob Smith, Mary Jones

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`accountIdList`	TEXT LIST	Any valid text list Atlassian account IDs.

This function returns a TEXT

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

Use cases and examples

Use case

JWT feature

Workflow function

Field type

Automated action

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Content

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Use cases and examples