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Calculated, Non-Required field causing submission issues

luckachi

I have a field that is not required, but calculated and automatically set to read-only. The field is supposed to select an organization based on the logged in user. If the user doesn't have an associated organization, it should be null - however, the field just has a line through it and it is preventing data from being submitted even though the field isn't required?

It throws a "Failed to calculate" message and when I hit submit the message is "Unable to Submit - 1 attribute failed"

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ChristopherCounsell

There is a known Field Maps defect with GetUser() where you need to specify the portalObject (i.e. the URL)

https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/the-arcgis-arcade-getuser-function-does-not-work-in-arc-bug-000171374

https://developers.arcgis.com/arcade/function-reference/portal_functions/#getuser

As @CodyPatterson said this will work more reliably:

GetUser($layer).fullName

However, only the username will be available offline. I would generally recommend against using fullName if there is any possibility that the maps will need to go offline as the calculation will fail and the edit will need to be discarded.

GetUser($layer).username

CodyPatterson

Hey @luckachi

The syntax could definitely be it, this is what I have here:

I wonder if the GetUser function you were using was not able to find the origin layer to pull the name from!

Cody

luckachi

I do not

Screenshot 2025-11-13 113834.png Screenshot 2025-11-13 113751.png

but interestingly enough I just changed my arcade script and added $layer into the var user line it worked. Not sure if that would cause any unintended issues.

var user = GetUser($layer);

var username = Lower(user.username);

luckachi

I wonder if this doesn't work in field maps - to get the logged in username?

var user = GetUser();
var username = Lower(user.username);

CodyPatterson

Hey @luckachi

I see! This is exactly what happened to us as well, do you have these all enabled?

It should look like this here:

And this in the map:

Does this match your current setup?

Cody

luckachi

@CodyPatterson Sure thing!

Logs:

It seems to work just fine in the web map and in experience builder and it doesn't throw any issues when I run it in the arcade builder

CodyPatterson

Hey @luckachi

Would you be able to show a screenshot of the submission and the failure? I do know sometimes that a required field will require something in it at least, in mine, I have an else condition at the end which gives a minus symbol or another mark that designated it wasn't entered.

Cody

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