Get user settings in Dynamics 365/ CDS client API

Well every week I am writing one blog for the numerous people who are reaching out to me and asking to put down blogs with some basic info consolidated in a place. If you are new to Dynamics 365, docs can be overwhelming. So here is a quick summary of all the important user properties, you can play with using Xrm Client API’s.

// Get user settings object

var userSettings = Xrm.Utility.getGlobalContext().userSettings

// get dateformatting option for the user. You can get all details of date formatting for the user using this property.

userSettings.dateFormattingInfo

// Get default Dashboard id of the user.

userSettings.defaultDasboardId

// Get user language id

userSettings.languageId

// Get security roles of user with names and id

userSettings.roles. Don’t use the userSettings.securityRoles which is deprecated

// Userid

userSettings.userId

// username

userSettings.userName

Hope this helps!

Debajit Dutta

(Business Applications MVP)

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