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title: CurrentUserDisplayName
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/currentuserdisplayname
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:49.146Z
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Returns the display name (which is usually the first name and last name, but can be configured by the administrator) for the user associated with the current session.

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Use this function to return the display name (usually the first and last name) of the user.

Use the [CurrentLoginId ](docId\:dHV6tasj3dywAnG1q9fmK)function to return the login ID of the user.
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## Syntax

`CurrentUserDisplayName()`

## Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see [Notes on "Enabled For"](docId\:u26v9feCFs6iLwA0-PVJd).

| Business Object Category                                                                    | Yes/No |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Business Rules: Before-Save Rules                                                           | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load)    | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load) | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load)         | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Editing Rules                                                               | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Initialization Rules                                                        | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Read Only Rules                                                             | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Required Rules                                                              | Yes1   |
| Business Rules: Validation Rules                                                            | Yes1   |
| Client Expressions                                                                          | Yes    |
| Object Permissions                                                                          | Yes    |
| Services                                                                                    | Yes    |
| LDAP                                                                                        | Yes    |
| Mobile                                                                                      | Yes    |
| Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions)                                                     | Yes1   |
| UI Quick Actions                                                                            | Yes    |
| Reports                                                                                     | Yes1   |
| Search/Dashboard without field references                                                   | Yes1   |
| Search/Dashboard with field references                                                      | Yes1   |
| 1. Except in services.                                                                      |        |

## Parameters

None.

## Return Value

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Text value.
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## Example

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The following example shows how to find all of the active incident instances for the current session.
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*CurrentUserDisplayName() Example*
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