Get Username by System username

Hello,

can somebody provide the easiest way to get the Username (login name) by the System username property using DXL?

I need to check if a user can modify an Item based on its System username.

Thank you!

Re: Get Username by System username
MrNiceGuy - Mon Mar 27 16:25:32 EDT 2017

User  user
bool DAccnt = false
int i = 1

for user in userList do 
 {
 DAcct = user.disabled
 if (DAcct == false)
  {
  string strName
  strName   = user.name
  string SysName  = user.systemLoginName
  print "\t" strName "\t" SysName "\n"
  i = i + 1
  }
 }

Something like this work for what you need?

Re: Get Username by System username
thsturm - Tue Mar 28 02:45:03 EDT 2017

If you want to know, whether a user can modify some object, why not use the

bool canModify(objcect)

or the

bool canModify(attribute)

functions/perms of DXL?

Re: Get Username by System username
JulianH - Tue Mar 28 02:47:13 EDT 2017

User  user
bool DAccnt = false
int i = 1

for user in userList do 
 {
 DAcct = user.disabled
 if (DAcct == false)
  {
  string strName
  strName   = user.name
  string SysName  = user.systemLoginName
  print "\t" strName "\t" SysName "\n"
  i = i + 1
  }
 }

Hi,

I guess that this could work but I was hoping that there is any function that does not need to iterate over all users of the database.

So there isn't sth. like findUserBySystemUsername(name)?

Thank you!

Re: Get Username by System username
thsturm - Tue Mar 28 05:20:05 EDT 2017

You can ask for the DOORS user:

User me = find()
string nam = me.name
string fnam = me.fullName
string sys = me.systemLoginName

print "I am: " nam " = " fnam "\n"
print "system name: " sys "\n"
print "logged in as: " username() "\n"

But(!) the systemLoginName is an optional field in the DOORS account and must not be filled in: it can be empty!

Re: Get Username by System username
Mathias Mamsch - Tue Mar 28 09:41:48 EDT 2017

User me = find()
string nam = me.name
string fnam = me.fullName
string sys = me.systemLoginName

print "I am: " nam " = " fnam "\n"
print "system name: " sys "\n"
print "logged in as: " username() "\n"

And in addition there can be more than one DOORS user that has the same system username. I guess this could pose a problem to you unless you are very sure, that this case does not happen to you. 

But: No there is no other way than iterating through the userlist, but why would this be a problem? Regards, Mathias