@UserNamesList (Formula Language)

For a database on a server or a local database with "Enforce a consistent Access Control List across all replicas" in effect, @UserNamesList returns a text list containing the following information for the current user:

Note: This @Function is new with Release 5.

Syntax

@UserNamesList

Return value

names

Text list. Each list item is a name or role as specified previously. Returns an empty string ("") if the current database is local and "Enforce a consistent Access Control List across all replicas" is not in effect, and the database is not replicated with the server database at least once.

Usage

This function does not work in column, selection, mail agent, or scheduled agent formulas.

Choose File - Database - Access Control, Advanced to set "Enforce a consistent Access Control List across all replicas."

@UserRoles returns a subset of the information returned by @UserNamesList.

Examples

This subform formula selects a different subform depending on whether the user is a member of the Marketing team or not. This formula works if the database containing it is on a server.
@If(@IsMember("Marketing Team"; @UserNamesList); 
    "Marketing Head"; "Generic Head")

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