add the username and manager automatically on SP2010

Question

hi all,<o:p></o:p>

i have sharepoint foundation server2010 installed on windows server 2008<o:p></o:p>

I create I vacation request  workflow on sharepoint 2010 using SPD<o:p></o:p>

One of the column is :<o:p></o:p>

Username and Manager,

Is their a way to lite the system take the Username automatically from the login account and to take the manager automatically from the active directory?<o:p></o:p>

Note : all the users who log on the portal are members of my AD domain<o:p></o:p>

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Answer 1

If you would use InfoPath you can get the user-profile-information from the 'User Profile Service Web service'

this is a great post with the explanation

http://claytoncobb.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/userprofileservice-extended/

Hope this helps

Answer 2

He has Foundation, so that won't work.

There is an action in SharePoint Designer that let's you load the user's manager.

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Answer 3

Thanks for reply, about the SPD what is the action?

Answer 4

Check here for all the available actions:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/workflow-actions-in-sharepoint-designer-2010-a-quick-reference-guide-HA010376961.aspx

Hmmz, I think this action is probably not available because of Foundation. Not sure now how to retrieve this data :(

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