Can you convert active directory Firstname/Lastname/Department to Variables?

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Can you convert active directory Firstname/Lastname/Department to Variables? - JVD - 09-25-2020

I would like to use our active directory lastname, firstname, email adress, department to variables so we can use it in application with a... i presume: %Firstname%, %Lastname%, %Department% variable?

How can we establish this?

RE: Can you convert active directory Firstname/Lastname/Department to Variables? - ScenseGuru - 09-27-2020

Hi,

There are ways of doing this with Scense internal variables backed by System Parameters, but probably the easiest way of doing this is by adding a Scripting Action to your logon script with the following content:

Code:
Sub Scense_Main()

    ' Prepare the environment accessor

    Set wshShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )

    Set wshUserEnv = wshShell.Environment("USER")

    ' Reference the current user

    Set objSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")    

    Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & objSysInfo.UserName)

    ' Set the environment variables

    wshUserEnv("FirstName") = objUser.givenName

    wshUserEnv("LastName") = objUser.lastName

    wshUserEnv("Department") = objUser.department

End Sub

After executing this scripting action you can use these variables the way you suggested.

Cheers