Put a default value list value based on the current users

I am having a similar problem.

I have a person object (created by the compliance Kit) and a value list of email addresses and a class with email address property.

when a document is added using this class, i want the email address property to default to the current user's email address from the mfiles account (im guessing from the person object).

how can i do this?

Hi mturner,

I think I might have a solution for you :)
You can simply combine what has been suggested in reply #4 by Joonas and replies #5 & 7 by addyman. Here's a quick how-to, feel free to ask if anything remains unclear:
1. set up a rule with a custom placeholder exactly like the one suggested in reply #4. what the custom placeholder does is that it checks for employee objects that have the current M-Files user as a value in their M-Files user property. Then the match is used as the output/ value of the custom placeholder. In other words, if you use the custom placeholder to calculate a dynamic property, the value will be an employee (namely the one that corresponds to the current M-Files user). But we don't want just the employee, but his/her email address. This is where step 2 kicks in:
2. create an indirect reference as a dynamic value for the property you want (as shown in reply #7). The only difference should be that you do not use the Custom Placeholder "CurrentUserAccount" but "CurrentUserEmployeeObject". Make sure everything looks like in the screenshots attached - for me it did not work with the alias of the property, only with the ID, so go for References and then select the ID of the property rather than the alias!!

You should now be good to go and the email of the employee that belongs to the current user should be fetched automatically when creating a new object.

I am having a similar problem.

I have a person object (created by the compliance Kit) and a value list of email addresses and a class with email address property.

when a document is added using this class, i want the email address property to default to the current user's email address from the mfiles account (im guessing from the person object).

how can i do this?

Hi mturner,

I think I might have a solution for you :)
You can simply combine what has been suggested in reply #4 by Joonas and replies #5 & 7 by addyman. Here's a quick how-to, feel free to ask if anything remains unclear:
1. set up a rule with a custom placeholder exactly like the one suggested in reply #4. what the custom placeholder does is that it checks for employee objects that have the current M-Files user as a value in their M-Files user property. Then the match is used as the output/ value of the custom placeholder. In other words, if you use the custom placeholder to calculate a dynamic property, the value will be an employee (namely the one that corresponds to the current M-Files user). But we don't want just the employee, but his/her email address. This is where step 2 kicks in:
2. create an indirect reference as a dynamic value for the property you want (as shown in reply #7). The only difference should be that you do not use the Custom Placeholder "CurrentUserAccount" but "CurrentUserEmployeeObject". Make sure everything looks like in the screenshots attached - for me it did not work with the alias of the property, only with the ID, so go for References and then select the ID of the property rather than the alias!!

You should now be good to go and the email of the employee that belongs to the current user should be fetched automatically when creating a new object.