Is it possible to get username of the user who triggered a pipeline run?

[arpost]

Greetings, community. I have a couple scenarios where I want to get the username of the person who is invoking a pipeline. I am not seeing this in any of the System Variables, but I'm hoping there's a way to do this. Use cases include:

1. Using the triggering user's email address for email notifications.
2. Logging who triggered the pipeline run for audit/compliance.

[nilendraFabric · Accepted solution]

Hi @arpost 

Microsoft Fabric does not provide a direct way to retrieve the username of the person who triggered a pipeline run through system variables or built-in functions. However, there are a few potential workarounds you can consider:
1. Activity Logs:
While not directly accessible within the pipeline, you can check the activity logs to identify the user who triggered or reran a pipeline. This information is stored separately from the pipeline execution itself.
2. Custom Parameter:
You could add a custom parameter to your pipeline that requires the user to input their username or email address when triggering the pipeline manually. This approach would work for on-demand runs but not for scheduled runs.
3. Power Automate Integration:
If you’re triggering the pipeline through Power Automate, you might be able to pass the user’s information as a parameter to the pipeline. This method would require additional setup and would only work for flows triggered by specific users.

Please accept this solution if this resolved your query.

thanks

[arpost]

@nilendraFabric and @Anonymous, thank you for replying. I was afraid this meant there wasn't a way to get at that data. While the ideal state would be scheduled runs only, there are numerous cases where manual runs are required.

@nilendraFabric, I think #2 would likely be about the only way to do this to address manual runs, but the lack of a value in a scheduled run would be a problem as that raises a new question: how do you identify that it was an automated run?

While I know activity logs capture data like this, the need is around custom logging and alerting based on triggering user. Sounds like a feature request is in order.

[Anonymous]

Hi @arpost ,

This information is not directly available in the system variables, you can check the activity logs to identify the user who triggered or reran the pipeline.

Best Regards,
Adamk Kong

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