Read User

Return information about the specified user.

Options

Field Definition Type Required

Query By

Select the method that you want to use for the query.

  • User ID: Unique identifier of the user.
  • User Name: Username of the user.

Dropdown

TRUE

Input

Field Definition Type Required

User

ID

This field appears when you select User ID for the Query By option.

This is the unique identifier of the user.

Text

TRUE

Name

This field appears when you select User Name for the Query By option.

This corresponds to the email address that the user employs to sign in to Tableau Cloud.

Text

TRUE

Output

Field Definition Type

User

ID

Unique identifier of the user.

Text

Name

Username of the user.

Text

Full Name

The full name of the user.

Text

Email

The email address of the user.

Text

Site Role

The site role that is assigned to the user.

Text

Auth Setting

The authentication type for the user.

Text

External Auth User ID

The ID stored in the single sign-on (SSO) system for Tableau Cloud.

If the user isn't configured to use external authentication, this value is the empty string.

Text

Last Login

The time stamp of the user's last recorded sign-in activity.

The value is returned as a date in UTC format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ).

Date & Time

Locale

The locale code of the user.

Text

Language

The language code of the user.

Text

Domain Name

If SAML is enabled, and the user was imported from Active Directory, then this field contains the user's Active Directory domain.

Text

Related topics

Tableau Cloud connector

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Tableau Cloud API