Question Re: Retrieve UserInformation using user-service. in Human Capital Management Q&A

Retrieve UserInformation using user-service.

nathangarner — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:59:50 GMT

Hi All,

I'm trying to retrieve Users or UserInformation entities (assignProfileID in particular) of a external user with user-service. Need to filter based on externalpersonID or tragetUserID.

GET /learning/odatav4/public/admin/user-service/v2/UserInformation?$filter=
(Error: 404 "Cannot find EntitySet, Singleton, ActionImport or FunctionImport with name 'UserInformation'.")

GET /learning/odatav4/public/admin/user-service/v2/Users?$filter=
(Error: 501 "Sorry, this operation is not supported yet.")

How do I retrieve the complete user information based on any one service above?

Is there any alternative way to obtain assignProfileID of a user ?

Re: Retrieve UserInformation using user-service.

CarlosRoggan — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:09:23 GMT

Hello,
I'm not familiar with this service, just wanted to mention:
If the service doesn't support filtering, you can still do the filtering manually (programmatically) in your client app.
Of course, not good solution, just to unblock you.

Thanks,

Carlos

Re: Retrieve UserInformation using user-service.

nathangarner — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:33:22 GMT

Hi,
Thanks for your input.
Im testing these services through postman, it would be really helpful if you elaborate "filtering manually (programmatically) in your client app."

Thanks.

Re: Retrieve UserInformation using user-service.

CarlosRoggan — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:35:03 GMT

Hello Nathan, sorry for misleading answer. It is relevant only if you'd be calling the service programmatically from application code.

If you're executing the request with a tool like postman, situation is different.
Maybe you can do the request without filter, then copy the full payload into a JSON-viewer tool.
I've seen that the JSON viewer for Firefox supports filtering, but I've never tried.

Kind Regards,
Carlos