SAPUI5 - how to get loged User ID?

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I have problem, when I try to get the ID from the loged user in SAPUI5.

I have tried:

1.

     var oUser = sap.ui2.shell.getUser();

     var userId = oUser.getId();

Here I have error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'shell' of undefined

2.

     var oUser = new sap.ushell.services.UserInfo();
     var userId = oUser.getId();

Here I have error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'services' of undefined

I will appreciate if you can show me an example or to guide me, beacause I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

BR,

Simona

[boghyon]

For future readers: please use `getServiceAsync` instead. The current accepted answer is outdated as the `getService` API is deprecated.

[former_member182329 · Accepted solution]

Hi Simona,

                You can retrieve the logged in Username by calling the shell service " sap.ushell.Container.getService("UserInfo").getId() ". Its mentioned the UI5 Api  Refrence page (SAPUI5 SDK - Demo Kit).

Regards,

Bince

[former_member408894 · Accepted solution]

I am getting sap.ushell.Container.getService("UserInfo").getUser() as undefined

[Khushdeep]

HI,

if you want to access the user detail when you are running your application in launchpad. then you can retrieve current user detail by adding following code snippet:

sap.ushell.Container.getUser()

I hope this is enough to get a user related object. then further detail about the user can be retrieved.

Regards,

Khushdeep

[mahesh_z]

Hi,

Just like what you have tried , you can use :

var oUser = sap.ui2.shell.getUser();

oUser.load({}, function() {

var userID = oUser.getId();

}

and you need to do this inside your index.html:

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/services/sap/ui2/srvc/error.js"></script>

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/services/sap/ui2/srvc/utils.js"></script>

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/shell-api/sap/ui2/shell/startup.js"></script>

Thanks,

Mahesh Z.

[former_member216437]

Hi Simona,

Solution 2: create one oData in SEGW to fetch currrent user then you can read the odata in your SAPUI5 application in any event like oninit () or any other function.

               use the code write : sy-UNAME. in class or RFC

Regards

Sathish Mani

[former_member736136]

None of the above methods worked for me. I am getting

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'Container' of undefined

Any idea?

[former_member675984]

Hi,

I could not get the user id, I have tried in the following ways:

1. sap.ui2.shell.getUser ();

2. sap.ushell.Container.getService (" UserInfo ");

3. adding the scripts to the index file

4. with xmlHttp

5. sap.ui.require ([ 'sap / ushell_abap / bootstrap / abap' ], ...

but nothing works for me, some give me the error "of undefined", others print "default_user". but not the user id, it's something like "S0021 ..."

I am working with SAP Fiori Cloud

I appreciate your collaboration

[former_member355131]

Hi,you also can get all the system information (user Id, fullname, system, ...) from the config.

sap.ui.require([ 
	'sap/ushell_abap/bootstrap/abap'
], function () {
	var sysinfo = window["sap-ushell-config"].services.Container.adapter.config;
	console.log(sysinfo.id);
});

Regards,
Mario

[Former Member]

Hi Simona,

You can follow below URL, hope it helps

Thanks,

Vin

[karthikarjun]

I hope this will help you.

Regards,

Karthik A

[SergioG_TX]

Simona,

the easiest way would be to do an ajax request to an xsjs service and ask the Session API for the logged in user or if you have SAML enabled you can also verify that from the XSJS side.

check out the documentation here.

http://help.sap.com/hana/SAP_HANA_XS_JavaScript_Reference_en/$.Session.html

hope this helps

[former_member80675]

Hi Simona,

Just in case that you are still looking for an answer - if you need just the username, then create a XS service (.xsjs) :

$.response.contentType = "application/json";

var output = "";

var userName = $.session.getUsername();

output = '{"username":"'+userName+'"}';

$.response.setBody(output);

and call it in your view via an $.ajax call.

Greetings from Sofia,

Martin

[former_member216437]

Hi Simona,

Solution 1: you can read the oModel or JsonModel and in that there is a property is called sUser . so You can read the value of sUser then you will get the logged user name. see the bellow image

Regards

Sathish Mani

[Former Member]

Hi Sathish,

I tried the solution 1 but its not working I'm not getting the sUser, it's showing as undefined

any suggestions are appreciated...

Regards,

SaNthoSh

[former_member287816]

This code just gets the DB userId not the portal userId, right?

[SandipAgarwalla]

Where r u hosting your Ui5 app?  ABAP or any other java server?

The Ui2 scripts will work only in case the app is hosted on ABAP with the Ui5 Add-On)

[former_member217383]

Hi Sandip,

What are the .js files need to added to local ui5 application to get the username?

My app is not hosted on any ABAP .

your help would br highly appreciated..

Thanks

[ChandraMahajan]

Hi Simona,

Refer this thread discussion

I guess you need to add below js files,

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/services/sap/ui2/srvc/error.js"></script>

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/services/sap/ui2/srvc/utils.js"></script>

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/shell-api/sap/ui2/shell/startup.js"></script>

<script src="/sap/public/bc/ui2/shell-api/sap/ui2/shell/shell.js"></script>

Regards,

Chandra