# Send Email to current user via system.report.executeAndDistribute **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 15, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675 "2020-11-15T20:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jkelleyus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jkelleyus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkelleyus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/1 "2020-11-15T20:11:38Z")
Good afternoon, all! I’m working on placing a button on a report form for emailing the data using system.report.executeAndDistribute. This works for a static user, but I can’t seem to locate a method for getting the currently logged-in user’s email address. Probably simple…but the method doesn’t appear to be well documented in the manuals. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks, John ---
**Author:** ![rbabcock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rbabcock/32/13425_2.png) [@rbabcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbabcock)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/2 "2020-11-16T13:59:38Z")
I would get the current username using the tag “[System]Client/User/Username” or the script function system.security.getUsername(). Then you can use system.user.getUser to get a user object that has the method getContactInfo(). [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.user.getUser](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.user.getUser) I didn’t test any of this, so if you have any trouble I can pop open a designer and write some code. ---
**Author:** ![jkelleyus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jkelleyus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkelleyus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/4 "2020-11-16T14:22:10Z")
Thanks. Yes, a code snippet would be helpful. I can get username from system.security.getUsername() just fine, but receive an error for “object has no attribute ‘getContactInfo’” error. Appreciate the assistance! ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/5 "2020-11-16T14:31:33Z")
> [@jkelleyus](#): > > I can get username from system.security.getUsername() just fine, but receive an error for “object has no attribute ‘getContactInfo’” error. Did you do the step where you take that username and get a User object from `system.user.getUser`? ---
**Author:** ![rbabcock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rbabcock/32/13425_2.png) [@rbabcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbabcock)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/6 "2020-11-16T14:56:05Z")
```auto username = system.security.getUsername() user = system.user.getUser('default', username) userContact = user.getContactInfo() #Some fallback value in case the user doesn't have a registered email userEmail = "" for x in range(len(userContact)): if userContact[x].contactType == 'email': userEmail = userContact[x].value break print userEmail ``` userContact is a java array of contact objects. I couldn’t think of a better way to iterate over it, but it should usually be a sort list. ---
**Author:** ![jkelleyus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jkelleyus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkelleyus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/7 "2020-11-16T15:12:14Z")
Thank you again. This worked well!! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/8 "2020-11-16T16:00:51Z")
> [@rbabcock](#): > > ```auto > userContact = user.getContactInfo() > #Some fallback value in case the user doesn't have a registered email > userEmail = "" > for x in range(len(userContact)): > if userContact[x].contactType == 'email': > userEmail = userContact[x].value > break > print userEmail > > ``` 🏌️‍♂️ ```python userEmail = next((ci.value for ci in user.contactInfo if ci.contactType == "email"), "") ``` ---
**Author:** ![rbabcock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rbabcock/32/13425_2.png) [@rbabcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbabcock)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-current-user-via-system-report-executeanddistribute/40675/9 "2020-11-16T16:03:22Z")
That’s perfect. I like to use questions like this as exercises for myself, I’ve learned a lot from it–and from seeing your guys’ golf scores 😉