User pickers are common on the forms used in Unifier. Unifier provides a number of user pickers, and you can design user pickers as well (using the User Picker data definition) for any business case that requires one; however, user pickers based on this data definition cannot be auto-populated or updated using reverse auto-population. Therefore, Unifier provides a separate data picker definition for those user pickers that need auto-populating or reverse-auto-populating. This data definition is called a User Data Picker definition and is described in more detail in the Unifier Reference Guide.
The log displayed for the User data picker is based on the log design prepared in uDesigner.
Like other data pickers, the user data pickers are designed in uDesigner and set up to query the database by the Administrator in Unifier. They will display all company and partner users according to the query the Administrator specifies when setting up the business process or configurable manager in Primavera Unifier.
Note: You can create user data picker elements only if a User Attribute form is designed in uDesigner.
In the Data Picker Configuration window, under the Additional Filter block (see Using Filters for more details), the Apply User Attributes to the picker log and display element from Project/Shell directory option enables you to fetch the User Attributes data from the project directory, when User Data Picker is launched.
The list of users displayed also will be from the project directory. In addition, the value for the display element for any auto-populate field or user data picker would be fetched from the project or shell directory.
If the Apply User Attributes to the picker log and display element from Project/Shell directory option is selected (checked), then the values will come from the project or shell whether the user is trying to fetch data from or apply data to any particular field.
The Apply User Attributes to the picker log and display element from Project/Shell directory option is enabled only if the Filter list of Users/Group based on Project/Shell Membership option is selected.