# User
This schema defines User entity. A user can be part of 0 or more teams. A special type of user called Bot is used for automation. A user can be an owner and own zero or more data asset entities. A user can also follow zero or more data asset entities.
$id: https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/teams/user.json
Type: `object`
This schema does not accept additional properties.
## Properties
- id `required`
- Unique identifier that identifies a user entity instance.
- $ref: [../../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid](#....typebasic.jsondefinitionsuuid)
- name `required`
- $ref: [#/definitions/userName](#/definitions/userName)
- displayName
- Name used for display purposes. Example 'FirstName LastName'.
- Type: `string`
- email `required`
- Email address of the user.
- $ref: [../../type/basic.json#/definitions/email](#....typebasic.jsondefinitionsemail)
- href `required`
- Link to the resource corresponding to this entity.
- $ref: [../../type/basic.json#/definitions/href](#....typebasic.jsondefinitionshref)
- timezone
- Timezone of the user.
- Type: `string`
- String format must be a "timezone"
- deactivated
- When true indicates user has been deactivated. Users are deactivated instead of deleted.
- Type: `boolean`
- isBot
- When true indicates a special type of user called Bot.
- Type: `boolean`
- isAdmin
- When true indicates user is an administrator for the system with superuser privileges.
- Type: `boolean`
- profile
- Profile of the user.
- $ref: [../../type/profile.json](#....typeprofile.json)
- teams
- Teams that the user belongs to.
- $ref: [../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList](#....typeentityreference.jsondefinitionsentityreferencelist)
- owns
- List of entities owned by the user.
- $ref: [../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList](#....typeentityreference.jsondefinitionsentityreferencelist)
- follows
- List of entities followed by the user.
- $ref: [../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList](#....typeentityreference.jsondefinitionsentityreferencelist)
## Definitions
**_userName_**
- Unique name of the user typically the user ID from the identify provider. Example - uid from ldap.
- Type: `string`
- Length: between 1 and 64
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