SharePoint Audience User Existance Check sample

if HR is the audience.

GetAudience("HR") give access denied error.

Use the following

 using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SPContext.GetContext(Context).Site.ID))

 {

   ServerContext context = ServerContext.GetContext(site);

   AudienceManager audManager = new AudienceManager(context);

   SPUser user = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context).CurrentUser;

   foreach(Microsoft.Office.Server.Audience.Audience objAudience in audManager.Audiences)

   {

     if (objAudience != null && objAudience.AudienceName == "HR")

     {

        if (objAudience.IsMember(user.LoginName))

        {

//Your code goes here

        }

      }

   }

}