16.2 Storing Employee ID in an Application Item

Populate an application item at login to reuse a session-specific value throughout the app.

Break Room photos and Open Position Referrals both record the logged-in user’s EMPNO. Populate an application item at login to avoid repeated lookups during the session.

• Defining an Application Item
  Define an Application Item to hold a session-scoped value, accessible from any page.
• Computing an Application Item at Login
  Use an Application Computation with After Authentication execution point to set an application item's value after the user logs in.
• Referencing the App Item Value
  Reference an application item from any page or part of your app during the user session.