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# User Commands

* [getSystemUsers](#getsystemusers)
* [getUserGroups](#getusergroups)

#### getSystemUsers

***

Retrieves the list of current users in the environment.

<details>

<summary>Arguments</summary>

| Argument Name | Description                                                                                                                                                                 | Required |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| emails        | A comma-separated list of user email addresses to filter the response by. Only users whose email matches an entry in the list are returned.                                 | Optional |
| names         | A comma-separated list of user names (full or partial) to filter the response by. Each entry is matched case-insensitively against the user's first and last name combined. | Optional |
| limit         | Maximum number of users to return. Default value is 50. Set to 0 to return all users.                                                                                       | Optional |

</details>

<details>

<summary>Outputs</summary>

**Core.User.user\_email** *string*

Email address of the user.

**Core.User.user\_first\_name** *string*

First name of the user.

**Core.User.user\_last\_name** *string*

Last name of the user.

**Core.User.role\_name** *string*

Role name associated with the user.

**Core.User.last\_logged\_in** *number*

Timestamp of when the user last logged in.

**Core.User.user\_type** *string*

Type of user.

**Core.User.groups** *string*

Name of user groups associated with the user, if applicable.

**Core.User.scope** *unknown*

Name of scope associated with the user, if applicable.

</details>

#### getUserGroups

***

Retrieves the list of current user emails associated with one or more user groups in the environment. Use this to see who has the permissions granted to a given group.

<details>

<summary>Arguments</summary>

| Argument Name | Description                                                                                        | Required |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| group\_names  | A comma-separated list of one or more user group names for which to retrieve the associated users. | Required |

</details>

<details>

<summary>Outputs</summary>

**Core.UserGroup.group\_name** *string*

Name of the user group.

**Core.UserGroup.description** *string*

Description of the user group, if available.

**Core.UserGroup.pretty\_name** *string*

Name of the user group as it appears in the management console.

**Core.UserGroup.insert\_time** *number*

Timestamp of when the user group was created.

**Core.UserGroup.update\_time** *number*

Timestamp of when the user group was last updated.

**Core.UserGroup.user\_email** *string*

List of email addresses belonging to the users associated with the user group.

**Core.UserGroup.source** *string*

Type of user group.

</details>


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