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'GetUserProfileByName' via the (hidden) User Information List

A​ good InfoP​ath​ Developer should save user's time when completing a form.


Auto populating details like Name, Username, email address, phone number and department can slice a minute or two off form completion time.   


A one minute saving per form, on ten thousand forms a month, will save humanity 166 hours, or one full time equivalent employee!


When developing an InfoPath form on-premise I use the GetUserProfileByName method to populate common user fields, by creating a data connection to https://sharepoint-agency/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx?WSDL 


Try this method on SharePoint Online with Office 365 and you will be rewarded with the "An error occurred while connecting to a Web Service" Error message.


Microsoft have purposefully disabled access to the User Profile service to Prevent Loop Back issues.


All is not lost.


To populate common user fields create a Data Connection to the (hidden) User Information List located at the top level of your SharePoint Online site.

https://sharepoint-agency.sharepoint.com/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx


You can pull down many of your favourite user details (though not all) to populate​ your form.

 

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