---
title: Searching for users
description: Use search parameters and filtering to find users in your PingOne organization.
component: pingone
page_id: pingone:directory:p1_searchforusers
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/directory/p1_searchforusers.html
revdate: April 28, 2025
section_ids:
  searching-for-users: Searching for users
  scim-query-users: Building SCIM filter language queries to search for users
  filtering-on-population-or-status: Filtering on population or status
  filtering-on-custom-attributes: Filtering on custom attributes
---

# Searching for users

Use search parameters and filtering to find users in your organization.

## Searching for users

1. In the PingOne admin console, go to **Directory > Users**.

2. In the **Search** field, enter the desired search terms.

   You can enter plain text or SCIM queries.

If you're using plain text for your search, the list of groups updates as you enter the search query. For SCIM queries, you must press Enter to see the search results.

You can sort the results by family name (last name), given name (first name), or time that the user was last modified.

### Building SCIM filter language queries to search for users

System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>An application-level, HTTP-based protocol for provisioning and managing user identity information. SCIM supplies a common schema for representing users and groups and provides a REST API.\</p>
\</div>)* is an open standard for managing user identity information across applications or identity domains. You can use the SCIM filter language to build a user query.

The following example is a simple query to find a user by username:

```
username eq "christy"
```

You can join filter expressions by using the `and` and `or` operators and grouping them in parentheses. For example, to find all users who have a family name of `Smith` and a first name that starts with the letter `W`, use the following query:

```
(name.family eq "Smith") and (name.given sw "W")
```

You can find a full list of operators and supported attributes [SCIM operators](https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/users/users-1.html#users-scim-operators) in the User Operations section of the PingOne API documentation.

## Filtering on population or status

1. In the PingOne admin console, go to **Directory > Users**.

2. In the **Search** field, enter the desired search terms.

3. To the right of the search box, click the **[icon: filter, set=fa]**icon.

   ![User filter panel](_images/wrz1664812242835.png)

4. Do one or more of the following:

   * To filter by **Population**, search for and select one or more populations from the list.

   * To filter by **Status**, select one of the following checkboxes:

     * **Enabled**

     * **Disabled**

   * To clear all filters, click **Clear**.

The results list is updated as you enter the search query. You can sort the results by family name (last name), given name (first name), or time that the user was last modified.

## Filtering on custom attributes

1. In the PingOne admin console, go to **Directory > Users**.

2. In the **Search** field, enter the desired search terms.

3. To the right of the search box, click the **[icon: filter, set=fa]**icon.

4. In the **Filter** panel, click the **Custom** tab.

5. Define the filter to specify the identities for which you're searching. Learn more in [Example user filters](../integrations/p1_create_provisioning_rule_inbound.html#example-user-filters).

   ![User filter custom](_images/rrg1664812480739.png)

6. Enter the first condition:

   * Select **All** or **Any** to determine how the linked conditions will be evaluated: Boolean logical `AND` or `OR`.

   * **Attribute**: The user attribute to filter on.

   * **Operator**: Select `Equals`, `Starts with`, `Ends with`, or `Contains`.

   * **Value**: Enter the appropriate value.

7. If needed, click **[icon: plus, set=fa]Add** to add another condition or condition set.

8. Click **Apply**.

The results list updates as you enter the search query. You can sort the results by family name (last name), given name (first name), or time that the user was last modified.