# Create user action

This action creates a new user.

Create user action Create user action

# Input fields

The input configuration contains the full set of user properties. Learn more about the Okta's user properties here (opens new window).

Below are the commonly used user properties.

Input field Description
Profile First name First name for the new user.
Last name Last name for the new user.
Primary email ID Primary email address of the new user.
Username A unique identifier for the user. This must be an email.
Title Title of the new user.
Employee number An organization assigned identifier for the new user.
Manager ID The Okta ID of the user's manager.
Manager The display name of the user's manager
Credentials Password The password for the new user. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters, contain an uppercase, lowercase, and digit character. Learn more about Okta's password policy here.
Recovery question The secret question and answer that is validated when a user forgets their password.
Activate user Executes the activation lifecycle when creating the user. If set to False, you can activate the user at a later time with the Activate user action.

# Output fields

The output datatree contains information about the user like the ID and status.

Field Description
ID The unique ID for the user.
Status The current status of the user.
Created time The timestamp when the user was created.
Activated time The timestamp when the user's status was updated to Active.
Status changed time The timestamp when the status was last changed.
Last login time The timestamp when the user was last logged in.
Last updated time The timestamp when the user was last updated.
Password changed time The timestamp when the password was last changed.
Profile This object contains information about the user's profile, including first and last name, email, organization, and title. Learn more about Okta user profiles here (opens new window).
Credentials This object specifies the primary authentication and recovery credentials for the user. It includes the recovery question and credentials provider.
Links This object contains a collection of link relations for the user. It includes lifecycle operations and credentials operations. Learn more about Okta user link objects here (opens new window).


Last updated: 7/2/2021, 8:18:31 AM