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title: Display Username node
description: "Look up and display a user's username based on a different identifying attribute, such as an email address, to support username recovery flows."
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# Display Username node

Fetches a username based on a different identifying attribute, such as an email address, then displays it.

To email the username to the user instead, use the [Identify Existing User node](identify-existing-user.html) combined with a [Email Suspend node](email-suspend.html) or [Email Template node](email-template.html).

## Availability

| Product                                                                                                                                 | Available? |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud                                                                                                         | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)

This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a sample Ping Identity Platform deployment. | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed)                                                                                                   | Yes        |

## Properties

| Property           | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| User Name          | The attribute used to identify the username in an IDM object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Identity Attribute | The attribute used to identify the managed object in IDM.When this node serves to recover a username, the identity attribute should be some other attribute that is unique to a user object, such as the email address.The node raises an exception when more than one value exists for this attribute. Make sure the value of whatever attribute you select is unique for each user. |