Admin Console > Authentication > Windows authentication > Enter the user identifier

Enter the user identifier

The user identifier (UID) is a parameter from the Active Directory session that provides a way to identify the user uniquely. The UID allows Insight to provide access to the user's own Insight objects, such as bookmarks, markers, views, and reports.

This identifier should be constant and unique to a specific user when they login. Usually it is the session property called Identity passed to Insight. The Identity parameter contains the Active Directory <Domain>\<User> fields. For example, mydomain\User123.

  1. Navigate to Admin Console > User mapping.
  2. Select an application from the drop-down list:

    • Admin Console

    • Data Loader

    • Themes and Formats

    • View

    • Studio

  3. Navigate to the User Identifier (UID) tab and select an option.

    • Use User Name. The display name of a user account.

    • Session property

    • Database query

    Note User Name and Email are optional parameters and may be set based on the Active Directory session parameters.
  4. Select User Name and then select from the available options.

    • Deny authentication for users with undefined name

    • Use Email

    • Session property. This is typically one of the Active Directory properties such as Identity, FullName, or display/Name.

    • Database query.

  5. Select Email to enter the user's email.

    This email is used for self-subscriptions only. This is typically the Active Directory EmailAddress property.