User Fields

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The user fields describe information about the user that is relevant to the event.

Fields can have one entry or multiple entries. If a user has more than one id, provide an array that includes all of them.

User Field Details

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Field Description Level

user.domain

Name of the directory the user is a member of.

For example, an LDAP or Active Directory domain name.

type: keyword

extended

user.email

User email address.

type: keyword

extended

user.full_name

User’s full name, if available.

type: keyword

Multi-fields:

* user.full_name.text (type: text)

example: Albert Einstein

extended

user.hash

Unique user hash to correlate information for a user in anonymized form.

Useful if user.id or user.name contain confidential information and cannot be used.

type: keyword

extended

user.id

Unique identifier of the user.

type: keyword

core

user.name

Short name or login of the user.

type: keyword

Multi-fields:

* user.name.text (type: text)

example: albert

core

user.roles

Array of user roles at the time of the event.

type: keyword

Note: this field should contain an array of values.

example: ["kibana_admin", "reporting_user"]

extended

Field Reuse

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The user fields are expected to be nested at: client.user, destination.user, host.user, server.user, source.user.

Note also that the user fields may be used directly at the root of the events.

Field sets that can be nested under User
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Nested fields Description

user.group.*

User’s group relevant to the event.