User attributes via an explore?

[Ryan_PS]

Within many of Looker’s pre-defined explores under “System Activity”, there’s a ton of useful dimensions and measures, but the user attributes don’t appear to be exposed anywhere. Is there a way to access those user attributes within an explore?

I know we can see them within User Admin, but we want to be able to display those user attributes in a dashboard.

[Eric_Lyons · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ryan_PS,

Thanks for the post. There is an existing request with our product team for this feature: https://portal.feedback.us.pendo.io/app/#/case/49961 Please feel free to add the details of your use-case to the existing thread. This goes directly to our product and supportability teams. There is a workaround listed here: 

https://community.looker.com/general-looker-administration-35/auditing-user-attribute-values-with-an...

 I have seen a few other customers use in the past. Another potential option would be to create a derived table or column in your database with the values for given user attributes. Then, you could query them like a traditional dimension.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Eric

[EoinC]

Hi Eric,

Do you know if this product feature was ever addressed. The feedback link to Pendo requires a user account.

We now have a similar requirement. We use a whitelabeled version of looker embedded in our Saas platform, and we have a requirement to monitor looker usage per saas client (tenant) which is set as a user attribute on the embed SSO looker user. 

What we'd like to be able to do is use the existing User and Compliance User/Permission explores but group/pivot the data by the users tenant Attribute.

[mhfoundation]

+1 also needed. Worried this is another "feature coming" that never comes to Looker

[ruth_chambers-1]

We also need this feature. 

[Ice_E_]

I also desperately need this. 
I need this to govern the pii accesses.