reloadValue() equivalent for Person field

Forms SharePoint Online
1

I have a Person or Group field on a form, that I am setting to the current logged in user

fd.field("Employee").value = _spPageContextInfo.userLoginName;

When I check the value, I don't get all of the "extra" information like if I picked the person from the list, I only get the persons email:

fd.field("Employee").value
'user@domain.com'

vs

fd.field("Employee").value
Description:(...)
DisplayText:(...)
EntityData:(...)
EntityType:(...)
IsResolved:(...)
Key: (...)
MultipleMatches:(...)
ProviderDisplayName:(...)
ProviderName:(...)
parent:(...)
uid:(...)

So my question is, is there an equivalent to reloadValue() like there is on a Lookup field?

2

Hello @sphilson,

No, there is no function for this. And why do you need it?

You can get current user properties in the _spPageContextInfo like:

//get display name
_spPageContextInfo.userDisplayName

//get email
_spPageContextInfo.userEmail

If you need other properties use PnP js function:

3

In my actual use case, I have a field that a populate with the Users Manager (which I find by calling a Flow). There are times where I may need to get additional information off of the Manager field like the User Id, or Display Name, etc.

4

@sphilson,

In this case, the PnPjs function is the best option. You can also get the user manager name with it: