Automatically filled parameter with username

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Hi everyone,
I would like to have a parameter automatically filled with the user name of the action executor.
E.g. someone clicks on a point on a map and the parameter is filled with their name.
Does anyone here have a plan how this could work?

I already read Creating parameter defaults in Amazon QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight, still need help tho.

Many thanks
LKS

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Hi @LKS,
You can achieve this by adding an action to your map visual.
First, make sure that the field you’re using for your parameter is being used in the map visual as well.
Select the map visual and hit ‘format visual’ then switch over to the ‘Interactions’ option where you’ll be able to add an action.
Set up as a ‘Navigation Action’ and then choose the sheet that has the parameter you’d like to be affected (for my example below, I placed on the same sheet for visualization). Add the parameter that you’d like to change under the ‘Parameters’ section and hit Save (see below).

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Let me know if this works for your case or if you have any additional questions!

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Hi @Brett,

thanks for your answer, unfortunately it is not working for me, because the parameter can’t be used in the map. Also I am unsure how Quick Sight can give the user’s name automatically to the parameter without manually selecting its name.

BR
LKS

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Actually the mistake for my approach was, that the usernames in die userlist-dataset were in " ". It is working now with the instruction from my link above: Creating parameter defaults in Amazon QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight

BR
LKS