[rt-users] using _CurrentUser_ in a saved search?

[Todd Chapman]

You can't used __CurrentUser__ in a saved search.

On 1/30/08, Alex J. Avriette <avriette at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a search I'm trying to fix that currently looks like:
>  Queue = 'Helpdesk' and Owner = 'aavriette' and LastUpdated < '7 days' and
> LastUpdated > '-7 days'
>
> The LastUpdated thing smells like a hack to me, but it seems to work. I'd
> like to be able to say "and Owner = '_CurrentUser_'" but when I do, I get
> nothing. If I remove the ticks around currentuser, I get
>
> Error near ->_CurrentUser_<- expecting a VALUE in ' Queue = 'Helpdesk' AND
> Owner = _CurrentUser_ [ ... ]
>
> Since we have TPS reports to file weekly, I'm trying to give our users a
> "rolling 7 day window" of what they've updated in the last week. I want to
> then save the search, name it appropriately, and then add it to their "at a
> glance" page so they all have it and don't have to work too hard to get this
> information.
>
> How do I properly use the CurrentUser variable? By the way, I did look at
> the wiki, and it has the stuff that got me to where I am (it was helpful,
> like letting me know I could use "negative days") and I used the "google
> trick" on the mailing list archives, but I didn't see anything appropriate.
> Apologies in advance if this has been answered; I'll update the wiki with
> this as an example (seems useful to me) when I get it figured out.
>
> Many thanks,
> alex
>
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