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ForrestParker
Qrew Cadet
7 years ago

Create a button that gets the UserID for the user in a user field and then write that information to a field in the same record

Hello Quick Base Community.   I am wanting to get the UserID for a user with the click of a button.  Using the API_GetUserInfo, I can pull the UserID, copy it and then paste it somewhere, but what ...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
7 years ago
The formula for a formula user field for the current user is just

User()

So maybe that is all you need and not API calls.

As for making a formula URL button, I can help you with that.  Do you just want to click a button and write the current user to a field and refresh the record?