Security functions
GoogleSQL for BigQuery supports the following security functions.
Function list
| Name |
Summary |
SESSION_USER
|
Get the email address or principal identifier of the user that's running
the query.
|
SESSION_USER
SESSION_USER()
Description
For first-party users, returns the email address of the user that's running the
query.
For third-party users, returns the
principal identifier
of the user that's running the query.
For more information about identities, see
Principals.
Return Data Type
STRING
Example
SELECT SESSION_USER() as user;
/*----------------------+
| user |
+----------------------+
| jdoe@example.com |
+----------------------*/
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