How to auto-populuate the current user’s manager on a ‘new form’ in SharePoint

This post illustrates how to automatically get and set the currently logged on user’s manager in the ‘new form’.

In my case, I needed to show the user their manager’s name to make sure that that it would be routed to the right person for approval. If their manager is away on vacation then the user can select a different manager for approval.

How to use the code?

• Edit the new form (DispForm.aspx),
• Edit the page
• Add a Script Editor web part at the very bottom of the form.

Please Note : This script works in SharePoint Online, so I’m sure it will work on SharePoint 2013 as well.

Script:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
var userid = _spPageContextInfo.userId;
function GetCurrentUser() {
//var requestUri = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/getuserbyid(" + userid + ")";
var requestUri = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties/";

var requestHeaders = { "accept" : "application/json;odata=verbose" };
$.ajax({
url : requestUri,
contentType : "application/json;odata=verbose",
headers : requestHeaders,
success : onSuccess,
error : onError
});
}
function onSuccess(data, request){
//var loginName = data.d.Title;
console.log(data);
var loginName = data.d.DisplayName;
var myManager = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[15].Value;

//Use the following code to find Manager if results[15] is not Manager in future SharePoint
//var myManager = '';
//var x = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results;
//for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
// if (x[i].Key == 'Manager') {
// myManager = x[i].Value;
// break;
// }
//}

SetUserFieldValue("Employee Name",loginName);
SetUserFieldValue("Approval Manager",myManager);

}
function onError(error) {
//alert(error);
}
function SetUserFieldValue(fieldName, userName) {
var _PeoplePicker = $("div[title='" + fieldName + "']");
var _PeoplePickerTopId = _PeoplePicker.attr('id');
var _PeoplePickerEditer = $("input[title='" + fieldName + "']");
_PeoplePickerEditer.val(userName);
var _PeoplePickerOject = SPClientPeoplePicker.SPClientPeoplePickerDict[_PeoplePickerTopId];
_PeoplePickerOject.AddUnresolvedUserFromEditor(true);
}
GetCurrentUser();
});
</script>