Answer Posted / chiru

If u want to create a username for report....

First drag and drop a Query Caluclation and type #sq($account.personalInfo.userName)#... click okk and run the report u will get username

(or) if u type #sq($account.defaultName)# it will give Default name...........

Here
# ……..# denotes macro
Sq denotes single quotation.
$account --- Session Variables
PersonalInfo.username is default username( Note: u can get these expression and information in Internet also)

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