Find User

Searches your Asana workspace for users by name or email address. Use it to look up a user's GID before assigning tasks or filtering by them elsewhere in a workflow.

What It Does

Searches workspace members using a name query, an email address, or both, and returns up to the limit you set.

When To Use It

Use this when a workflow needs to find someone's Asana GID to assign a task to them, such as looking up the account owner by email before creating a follow-up task. If you already have the user's GID from a trigger or an earlier step, you do not need this node.

Configuration

Configure the node with these settings:

Field	What it controls
Query	A name to search for.
Email	An email address to search for.
Limit	The maximum number of users to return, from 1 to 100. Defaults to `20`.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Example
`users`	`array<object>`	`{{nodeId.users}}`
`users[].userId`	`string`	`{{nodeId.users.userId}}`
`users[].userName`	`string`	`{{nodeId.users.userName}}`
`users[].userEmail`	`string`	`{{nodeId.users.userEmail}}`
`users[].profilePhoto`	`string`	`{{nodeId.users.profilePhoto}}`
`users[].resourceType`	`string`	`{{nodeId.users.resourceType}}`
`totalCount`	`number`	`{{nodeId.totalCount}}`
`message`	`string`	`{{nodeId.message}}`
`success`	`boolean`	`{{nodeId.success}}`

Example Workflow

A workflow looks up the account owner's Asana account with Find User by their email address, then uses the resulting userId as the assignee when creating a follow-up task.

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