How do I auto populate a SharePoint username?
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- Make the connection to SharePoint list where the users info are stored.
- In the form you want to pre-populate information select a card e.g. Payroll Name.
- Change the Default property of that card for something like.
How do you connect lists in SharePoint?
Select Add data > Connectors > SharePoint. Under Connect to a SharePoint site, select an entry in the Recent sites list (or type or paste the URL for the site that you want to use), and then select Connect. Not all types of lists appear by default.
How to populate Active Directory data into a SharePoint?
So instead of going back to AD related stuffs SP profile will get automatically synced with AD. Its very easy to manage also. If it’s a different AD than the one you use for user profiles, then you will need to develop a custom WebPart and write server code to connect to the AD and check for user’s info & auto-populate them.
How to populate information from a SharePoint profile?
Basically making it easier for the HR users to add the person into the list by only needing to add the name/profile into the beginning, but also allowing easy changing when a person moves location/phone number/job title. The person/group column allows you to select which information to pull from the profile.
How to use SharePoint user profile with Active Directory?
You can use sharepoint user profile. So instead of going back to AD related stuffs SP profile will get automatically synced with AD. Its very easy to manage also.
Do you need to reach out to SharePoint AD?
If it’s the same AD used for user profiles, then you already have different users properties on the SharePoint side and no need to reach out to the AD… this is assuming that you already have a User Profile Service Application setup and it’s synced with AD (as @samh above suggested). Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!