Retrieving Account entity data
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I have created an association of lets say 'MyModule.EntityX' with the 'Adminitration.Account' entity. Now when inside the New-Edit page of 'MyModule.EntityX' if I try to fetch all the usernames (attribute Name) in a drop-down, only the user name of the current logged in user is shown or retrieved, rest blank values are there. But, however, if I fetch attribute FullName of all the users in a similar way then it works properly, i.e. all the FullName present in the 'Administration.Account' entity are retrieved or shown. Does anyone knows why is this happening? What I want to achieve is fetch all the user names and not just the logged in user's username. Thanks in advance! :-)
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Shreyash Mehta
2 answers
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- Hi Shreyash,
Please take a look at the entity access rules.
Administration.Account can be accessed by any user. You can only edit your own record as a user.
Administration.Account is a specialization of of System.User. The Name field resides in that entity. There you have only access to your own record.
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Micha Friede
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What is your goal by selecting the user by its name?
If this is part of a general process in the app, then don't directly use the User/Account data. The user/Account data should only be used to create/manage user accounts and thus login to the app by the users.
Process data should be separated. Best practice is to have an entity (Person/Member/Employee/.....) with a 1-1 association to their account.
Some earlier discussions around this topic:
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🚴René van Hofwegen🎓