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$currentUser vs [%CurrentUser%]

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$currentUser is the currently authenticated user, having type System.User. What is the difference between the token [%CurrentUser%] and the parameter $currentUser. id = '[%CurrentUser%]' id = $currentUser This is a Followupquestion of https://community.mendix.com/index4.html

asked 2017-11-11

Tim v Steenbergen

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Hi Tim,

I am fairly certain, that they are both the same when used in an XPath constraint. The token is useful because you can use it outside of Microflows unlike the variable $curentUser. For example, in XPath security constraints in the domain model, and in page elements.

-Andrej

answered 2017-11-11

Andrej Gajduk

Rom van Arendonk · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-11

$currentUser is an object of type System.User (and so, it you can inspect its attribute values e.g. $currentUser/Name, you can change its attributes e.g. by adding a role to its UserRoles association and committing it etc).

[%CurrentUser%] is a token which is used in XPath expressions. When the query is executed, the token is translated to the GUID (id attribute) of the User object of the current user.