How to get the profile name and role name from User object

3.0K Asked by amit_2689 in Salesforce , Asked on May 24, 2024

We already have a soql query to retrieve the User object (which returns the role id and profile id) was wondering if we could retrieve the RoleName and ProfileName from within the same query instead of making an additional query to the userInfo object. It will be of great help if you could please point us in the right direction

Note: Also we want to retrieve this for a seq of users so it would save a lot of additional calls if we could retrieve those details in the same call for the User object. How to get the profile name?

Answered by Aswini Lobo

You can retrieve profile name, role name this way:

select id, name, , profile.name, userrole.name from user

For details on how this works, you can refer to the Name object's documentation.

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Ranjana

To retrieve the profile name and role name from a user object, you typically need to access specific fields related to the user in your database or application. The exact method depends on the context (e.g., a Salesforce environment, a custom application with a database, etc.). Below, I'll provide examples for both Salesforce and a generic database application.

In Salesforce

In Salesforce, each user is associated with a profile and a role. You can retrieve the profile name and role name using SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language).

Example SOQL Query

SELECT Id, Name, Profile.Name, UserRole.Name FROM User WHERE Id = 'someUserId'

Explanation

Id: The unique identifier for the user.
Name: The name of the user.
Profile.Name: The name of the profile associated with the user.
UserRole.Name: The name of the role associated with the user.

In a Custom Application with a Database

If you have a custom application with a relational database, you typically have tables like users, profiles, and roles. You can use SQL to join these tables and get the desired information.

Example SQL Query

SELECT users.id, users.name, profiles.name AS profile_name, roles.name AS role_name

FROM users

JOIN profiles ON users.profile_id = profiles.id

JOIN roles ON users.role_id = roles.id

WHERE users.id = 'someUserId';

Explanation
users.id: The unique identifier for the user.
users.name: The name of the user.
profiles.name: The name of the profile associated with the user.
roles.name: The name of the role associated with the user.
In a Programming Context

If you're working within a specific programming context (e.g., a Python application using an ORM), the approach will vary. Here’s an example using Python with SQLAlchemy:

Python with SQLAlchemy Example

from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker

from your_model_definitions import User, Profile, Role

# Assuming you have a configured engine

Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)

session = Session()

user_id = 'someUserId'

user = session.query(User).filter(User.id == user_id).first()

if user:

    profile_name = user.profile.name

    role_name = user.role.name

    print(f"Profile Name: {profile_name}, Role Name: {role_name}")

else:

    print("User not found")

Explanation

This code snippet uses SQLAlchemy to query a user and get the related profile and role names.

User, Profile, and Role are ORM models.

The relationships between User, Profile, and Role should be properly defined in your ORM models.

Conclusion

The exact method to retrieve the profile name and role name from a user object depends on the environment and tools you're using. Whether it's Salesforce with SOQL, a relational database with SQL, or an ORM in a programming language, the general approach involves querying the user and their associated profile and role.

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