Dependencies to the current user | Elements Documentation

It may be useful to display data related to the logged-in user. To do that, you can reference current user attributes in a Connected item query.

The $currentUser variable is available and exposes 5 attributes:

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

Example

Referencing properties of the current user works the same way as referencing the value of other Connected items.
Here is an example:

SQL

SELECT role, manager
FROM employees
WHERE name = $currentUser.displayName

is evaluated to:

SQL

SELECT role, manager
FROM employees
WHERE name = 'Brice Gestas'

Don't enclose $currentUser with double quotes

When using a SQL datasource, the $currentUser dependencies must no be enclosed with " (double quotes). The enclosing is done automatically by Elements Connect.
The query below will not work:

SQL

// This query will not work - Do no enclose $currentUser dependencies with double quote
SELECT role, manager
FROM employees
WHERE name = "$currentUser.displayName"

What about the email address?

Elements Connect is a trusted Atlassian application. This means that we can always have access to the current user's email address, without having to manually enable it from personnal accounts. If a restriction is still in place, please manually upgrade Elements Connect to the latest version.