# Display user name

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963 "2020-02-05T19:03:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![athayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963/1 "2020-02-05T19:03:59Z")

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In view I can display username by binding an expression to “{[System]Client/User/Username}”  
How can I do this in Perspective?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963/2 "2020-02-05T19:17:32Z")

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[Session properties](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Session+Properties#SessionProperties-SystemProperties).