https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/substring-of-layout-text-element/m-p/1591676#M93630 <P>How do I take the first three characters of the username from a dynamic text in a text element in layout?</P><P>I have made a layout where I want the username shown. But since the username in our company also has some digits, I only want the first three characters shown.</P><P>I have added the username as&nbsp;&lt;dyn type="user"/&gt; but can't see any option of a substring. And Arcade or python sripting doesn't seem to work in a text element in the layout. Is there any other way of getting a sub string part?</P> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:41:44 GMT MathiasKPoulsen 2025-03-04T14:41:44Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/substring-of-layout-text-element/m-p/1591676#M93630 <P>How do I take the first three characters of the username from a dynamic text in a text element in layout?</P><P>I have made a layout where I want the username shown. But since the username in our company also has some digits, I only want the first three characters shown.</P><P>I have added the username as&nbsp;&lt;dyn type="user"/&gt; but can't see any option of a substring. And Arcade or python sripting doesn't seem to work in a text element in the layout. Is there any other way of getting a sub string part?</P> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:41:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/substring-of-layout-text-element/m-p/1591676#M93630 MathiasKPoulsen 2025-03-04T14:41:44Z