What's the best way to find a Workiva user's UID?
RespondidaMy understanding is that each Workiva user has a unique ID (in a format like, e.g., V0XVc2VyMpExNzYyNzQxODgx). This is in addition to their username/displayName, e-mail address, and possible SAML ID (if they've been mapped to one).
However, that UID doesn't seem to be directly accessible anywhere in the Workiva UI; the only way I know to access it is via API. (I thought this was perhaps used in the Organization Admin URL for a person's detail page, e.g., https://app.wdesk.com/s/admin/o/[orgUID]/user/profile/m/[UID], but this seems to be a completely different ID.)
Is there a straightforward way to find this user unique ID through the UI? (This is to facilitate troubleshooting SCIM-related issues and questions. While we could simply use the API to export all user info, including IDs, if we use this approach obviously we'd have to do this on a recurring basis to capture new users, etc.)
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Hi Andrew,
Apologies for the massive delay here! You may have noticed that an end user cannot find their own External ID (UID) directly from the Workiva platform. There a few ways to access this but the recommended approach is to contact Workiva Support.
Option 1: Via the Workiva API (as you already know)
- Use the Platform Users API to retrieve user data including the unique ID
- The Get Organization Users endpoint returns a list of all org users with their IDs
- For SCIM troubleshooting specifically, the SCIM GET Users call also returns the useridfield:
- GET /s/scim/Users— returns all users with their unique IDs
- Can be filtered by active/inactive status, e.g. ?filter=active eq trueOption 2: Via SCIM GET (useful for ongoing SCIM troubleshooting)
- Since you're using SCIM, the SCIM GET /Users endpoint is arguably the most practical ongoing solution — it returns user IDs alongside usernames, emails, and active status
- Filtering options are available to avoid pulling the full user list every timeRegarding the Org Admin URL — you're right that the ID in the Org Admin URL (/m/[ID]) is a different identifier (the workspace membership ID), not the platform-level user unique ID.
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