Person Group Picker DisplayName does not update

jbrown08322 — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:55:58 GMT

Having a problem with Person Group Picker. I add a PGP control to the form and then drag it’s DisplayName and AccountID there also to view/reference.

If I manually enter a name, say John Doe, into the control and check it, the DisplayName shows “John Doe” and the AccountID shows “i:0#.f|membership|jdoe@someplace.com” like I’d expect.

However what I really want to do is default the control to the current users name. I’ve found posts that explain to set the default value for both DisplayName and AccountID to UserName(). That works, except that the DisplayName remains set to “i:0#.f|membership|jdoe@someplace.com”. Does not seem to update it even when form is submitted or saved.

I tried leaving the DisplayName default unset. But then DisplayName just remains blank.

Is there a way to trigger and update of this field?

Background: I’m using InfoPath 2013 published to a SharePoint/Office 365 site.

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Person Group Picker DisplayName does not update