• Miscellaneous Functions
  • ASSIGNEDTO Function
  • B64TOGUID Function
  • BROWSTAT Function
  • CANSIGN Function
  • CELLCALC Function
  • CELLCOL Function
  • CELLLABEL Function
  • CELLNO Function
  • CELLROW Function
  • CELLSTR Function
  • CELLTABLE Function
  • COMPLETION Function
  • COMPLTBY Function
  • CUSTPROP Function
  • CUSTPROPAT Function
  • CUSTPROPR Function
  • CVDATA Function
  • CVDATAC Function
  • CVDATAL Function
  • CVDATALNG Function
  • CVDATAQRY Function
  • CVDOCPOS Function
  • CVFORM Function
  • CVGROUP Function
  • CVIDEA Function
  • CVINFO Function
  • CVMENUST Function
  • DOCENTSCP Function
  • DOCID Function
  • DOCLIBPATH Function
  • DOCMODE Function
  • EVAL Function
  • FIELD Function
  • GETHIDE Function
  • GUIDTOB64 Function
  • HASTAG Function
  • INITIALS Function
  • INPBLANK Function
  • INPBLANKRC Function
  • ISADMIN Function
  • ISCONS Function
  • ISINGROUP Function
  • ISLOCKED Function
  • ISPLHOLDER Function
  • ISSUECOUNT Function
  • ITEMPROP Function
  • KLIEXIST Function
  • KLIPROP Function
  • KLLPROP Function
  • LEVEL Function
  • LOOKUP Function
  • Miscellaneous Functions
  • MKPATH Function
  • NUMROLES Function
  • NUMSIGNED Function
  • RDYREVIEW Function
  • REPENT Function
  • ROLECOMPLT Function
  • ROLEINDEX Function
  • ROLELABEL Function
  • SCRNX Function
  • SCRNY Function
  • SIGNOFF Function
  • SIGNOFFCHK Function
  • SIGNOFFCVR Function
  • SIGNOFFDTE Function
  • SIGNOFFNME Function
  • WHOAMI Function

INITIALS Function

The INITIALS function returns the short name as specified in the Working Papers or Time Staff Setup dialog.

Syntax

INITIALS(UserID)

Where the user ID entered for security is MN1 and the short name is MN.

Example 1

INITIALS(MN1)

If the example user is logged in, and protection is on, the short name MN is placed in the cell.

Example 2

INITIALS(WHOAMI())

Entering this syntax returns the short name (MN) for the user who is currently logged in. If protection is not on, the cell is blank.

INITIALS(WHOAMI(1))

Entering this syntax returns the short name (MN) for the user who is currently logged in. If protection is not on, the Initials (for role completion) from the Working Papers User Identity is displayed.

Related Topics

• Miscellaneous Functions