Add 'Created by' to a Form

you could add a calculated value control to your form and set the formula builder to be item property - created by?

I tried that with no luck... the return was Value1! or something like that.

I did have success adding a rich text field and inserting Created by as a reference. Thanks for the help with getting me to think outside the box!

Kassie

ah cool - have to say I didn't try it before I suggested it ooops

I may have done it wrong. I'm new to forms. :-/

Hello Kassie,

Use calculated column column on Nintex Forms and put CreatedBy item property in the formula section.

Also change Recalculate formula on view mode to Yes.

This way, you can see the created by person name on View and Edit mode.

Hi,

If you add a single line text control with the following settings:

Then paste the following in the Custom JavaScript it should work.

NWF.FormFiller.Events.RegisterAfterReady(function () {
   
    function getUserById(id) {
        var mypersonurl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/GetUserById(" + id + ")";

        var calluser = NWF$.ajax({
            url: mypersonurl,
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "json",
            headers: { Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose" }
        });

        calluser.done(function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
            var authorname = data.d.Title;
            NWF$("#" + txtCreatedBy).val(authorname);
        });
    };

    function getUrlVars() {
        var vars = [],
            hash;
        var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
        for (var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
            hash = hashes.split('=');
            vars.push(hash[0]);
            vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
        }
        return vars;
    };

    var itemid = getUrlVars()["ID"];
    var myurl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getById('" + _spPageContextInfo.pageListId + "')/items(" + itemid + ")";

    var call = NWF$.ajax({
        url: myurl,
        type: "GET",
        dataType: "json",
        headers: { Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose" }
    });

    call.done(function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
        var author = data.d.AuthorId;
        getUserById(author);
    });
});

Jan