# System.security.username

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-username/15316>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-username/15316 "2017-09-12T15:24:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jbb5310](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jbb5310](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jbb5310)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-username/15316/1 "2017-09-12T15:24:57Z")

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I want to be able to grab the username of the logged in person and display it on as a text label

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**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:** [September 12, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-username/15316/2 "2017-09-12T15:43:19Z")

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You don’t even need the scripting function. There’s a client system tag that has the logged in user’s name, just bind that to your label text value.

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**Author:** ![ryanjmclaughlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryanjmclaughlin/32/4318_2.png) [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-username/15316/3 "2017-09-12T15:44:18Z")

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@Kevin.Herron beat me to it!

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