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Viewing user details

Viewing user details

When an administrator configures FortiClient to send logs to FortiAnalyzer or FortiManager, some user details are visible in FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiOS. See Sending logs and software inventory reports to FortiAnalyzer or FortiManager.

Click the user avatar in the upper left corner of FortiClient to view the following information:

Full name

Displays the endpoint user's name if added by the endpoint user.

Phone

Displays the endpoint user's phone number if added by the endpoint user. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications and Adding phone number and email address manually.

Email

Displays the endpoint user's email address if added by the endpoint user. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications and Adding phone number and email address manually.

Get personal info from

Displays the source of the endpoint user's personal information and the last time the information was updated. The options are user-specified, from the OS, and from cloud applications: LinkedIn, Google, and Salesforce.

You can click User Input to select an image or take a webcam photo to use as the user avatar.

The endpoint user can provide information to FortiClient from an account for a cloud application, such as a Linkedin, Google, or Salesforce account. After the endpoint user logs into the account, FortiClient attempts to retrieve the following information when available: name, avatar, phone number, and email address. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications.

Status

Displays whether the endpoint is online or offline, on-net or off-net. See On-net/off-net status with EMS and FortiGate.

Hostname

Displays the hostname of the endpoint where FortiClient is installed.

Domain

Displays the name of the domain to which the endpoint is connected, if applicable.

Host Tag

Displays the tags that have been applied to the endpoint depending on the compliance verification rules configured in EMS. Host tags may or may not be visible depending on the EMS configuration.

Viewing user details

When an administrator configures FortiClient to send logs to FortiAnalyzer or FortiManager, some user details are visible in FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiOS. See Sending logs and software inventory reports to FortiAnalyzer or FortiManager.

Click the user avatar in the upper left corner of FortiClient to view the following information:

Full name

Displays the endpoint user's name if added by the endpoint user.

Phone

Displays the endpoint user's phone number if added by the endpoint user. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications and Adding phone number and email address manually.

Email

Displays the endpoint user's email address if added by the endpoint user. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications and Adding phone number and email address manually.

Get personal info from

Displays the source of the endpoint user's personal information and the last time the information was updated. The options are user-specified, from the OS, and from cloud applications: LinkedIn, Google, and Salesforce.

You can click User Input to select an image or take a webcam photo to use as the user avatar.

The endpoint user can provide information to FortiClient from an account for a cloud application, such as a Linkedin, Google, or Salesforce account. After the endpoint user logs into the account, FortiClient attempts to retrieve the following information when available: name, avatar, phone number, and email address. See Retrieving user details from cloud applications.

Status

Displays whether the endpoint is online or offline, on-net or off-net. See On-net/off-net status with EMS and FortiGate.

Hostname

Displays the hostname of the endpoint where FortiClient is installed.

Domain

Displays the name of the domain to which the endpoint is connected, if applicable.

Host Tag

Displays the tags that have been applied to the endpoint depending on the compliance verification rules configured in EMS. Host tags may or may not be visible depending on the EMS configuration.