diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTService.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTService.java
index a854995..3b13e8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTService.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.td.gwtservice.shared.tr.type.Codelist;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.td.gwtservice.shared.tr.type.Dataset;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.td.widgetcommonevent.shared.TRId;
 
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
 
@@ -63,6 +64,14 @@ import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
 @RemoteServiceRelativePath("TDGWTService")
 public interface TDGWTService extends RemoteService {
 
+	/**
+	 * Get informations on the current user
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws TDGWTServiceException
+	 */
+	public String hello() throws TDGWTServiceException;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Get informations on the current tabular resource
 	 * 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTServiceAsync.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTServiceAsync.java
index 8680ebd..446e7b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTServiceAsync.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/client/rpc/TDGWTServiceAsync.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public interface TDGWTServiceAsync {
 	public static TDGWTServiceAsync INSTANCE = (TDGWTServiceAsync) GWT
 			.create(TDGWTService.class);
 
+	void hello(AsyncCallback<String> callback);
+	
 	void createTabularResource(TabResource tabResource,AsyncCallback<TabResource> callback);
 	
 	void getTabResourceInformation(AsyncCallback<TabResource> callback);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/server/TDGWTServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/server/TDGWTServiceImpl.java
index f71acc6..d8fd40e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/server/TDGWTServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/td/gwtservice/server/TDGWTServiceImpl.java
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ public class TDGWTServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements
 	protected static SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
 			"yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm");
 
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String hello() throws TDGWTServiceException {
+		HttpSession session = this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession();
+		ASLSession aslSession = SessionUtil.getAslSession(session);
+		String user = aslSession.getUsername();
+		return user;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
@@ -2999,4 +3012,6 @@ public class TDGWTServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements
 
 	}
 
+	
+
 }