Dependencies on the current user | Elements Documentation

When fetching data from an external source, it can be useful to display information specific to the currently logged-in Jira user - for example, a user's records in a CRM, assets assigned to them in an inventory, or their profile in an identity provider like Azure AD or Okta.

Elements Connect provides the $currentUser variable for this. You can reference the current user's attributes when configuring the query of a connected custom field or a connected item.Current user attributes

The $currentUser variable exposes 5 attributes you can use in your queries:

Name	Type	Description	Example
displayName	String	Returns the display name of the logged-in user.	`$currentUser.displayName` > "John Doe"
emailAddress	String	Returns the email address of the logged-in user.	`$currentUser.emailAddress` > "john.doe@elements-apps.com"
accountId	String	Returns the unique Atlassian account ID of the logged-in user.	`$currentUser.accountId` > "8878ccae-33566-3e50-b27a"
locale	String	Returns the locale language of the logged-in user.	`$currentUser.locale` > "fr_FR"
timeZone	String	Returns the timezone of the logged-in user.	`$currentUser.timeZone` > "Europe/Berlin"

Example

Referencing properties of the current user works the same way as referencing the value of other connected fields when creating dependencies.

The SQL query:

SQL

SELECT manager
FROM employees
WHERE name = $currentUser.displayName

is interpreted as:

SQL

SELECT manager
FROM employees
WHERE name = 'John Doe'

This query will only retrieve the manager of the user currently logged-in, which can be interpreted differently depending on this user.

Do not enclose $currentUser with double quotes

When using a SQL datasource, the $currentUser dependencies must not be enclosed with " (double quotes). The enclosing is done automatically by Elements Connect.

$currentUser can’t be used along with post-function as it’s Elements Connect app which would be identified as user when running post-function.