Functions Reference

Get functions
F
ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 105
Get(AccountName)
Purpose
Returns the authenticated account name being used by the file's current user.
Format
Get(AccountName)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description
Use this function for FileMaker authentication. If a user is using the default Admin account,
Get(AccountName) returns Admin. If a user is using the FileMaker Pro guest account, then
[Guest] will be returned.
For external server authentication, Get(AccountName) returns the name of the authenticated
account being used by the current user of the database file, not the group the user belongs to (the
group name appears in the Account list when you define accounts and privileges in FileMaker
Pro).
If an individual belongs to more than one group (account), the first group name listed when you
choose View By Authentication Order while defining accounts and privileges determines access
for the user.
Notes
• Get(AccountName) returns the account name as it was entered by the user. When a user
logs in, the account name is not case sensitive, so Get(AccountName)'s result may not be
identical to the account name as it appears in the Manage Security dialog box.
• If you specify the context for the current calculation, this function will be evaluated based on
that context; otherwise, it will be evaluated based on the context of the current window.
• For information on how functions evaluate differently on the host versus the client, search
the FileMaker Knowledge Base available a
http://help.filemaker.com.
Example 1
Returns Marketing when Marketing is the name of the account that was used to log in to the
database file.
Example 2
If a user enters MARKETING when logging in to the Marketing account, Get(AccountName) returns
MARKETING.