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- A Snowflake user, which can be a service user (recommended) or a human user.

To create a service user (recommended):
To create a service user entry and get their login name (not username):

<iframe
width="560"
height="315"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n755MKunb0k"
title="YouTube video player"
frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
allowfullscreen
></iframe>

1. Log in to [Snowsight](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/ui-snowsight-homepage) with your Snowflake account.
2. In Snowsight, on the navigation menu, click **Projects > Worksheets**.
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5. Click the arrow icon to run the worksheet, which creates the service user.
6. To get their login name, on the navigation menu, click **Admin > Users & Roles**.
7. On the **Users** tab, in the list of available users, click the name of the target user.
8. In the **About** tile, note the **Login Name** for the user.

To create a human user:
To create a human user entry and get their login name (not username):

<iframe
width="560"
height="315"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CECTR2QE__w"
title="YouTube video player"
frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
allowfullscreen
></iframe>

1. Log in to [Snowsight](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/ui-snowsight-homepage) with your Snowflake account.
2. In Snowsight, on the navigation menu, click **Admin > Users & roles**.
3. Click the **Users** tab.
4. Click **+ User**.
5. Follow the on-screen guidance to specify the user's settings.
6. Click **Create User**.
7. To get their login name, on the navigation menu, click **Admin > Users & Roles**.
8. On the **Users** tab, in the list of available users, click the name of the target user.
9. In the **About** tile, note the **Login Name** for the user.

- The Snowflake [user's login name (not username)](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/admin-user-management#creating-users) in the account, and
a programmatic access token (PAT) for the Snowflake user.
- A programmatic access token (PAT) for the Snowflake user.

<iframe
width="560"
height="315"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFLPGVe4VBM"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8u41UJ8lN3w"
title="YouTube video player"
frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
allowfullscreen
></iframe>

To view the login name for a user:

1. Log in to [Snowsight](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/ui-snowsight-homepage) with your Snowflake account.
2. In Snowsight, on the navigation menu, click **Admin > Users & Roles**.
3. On the **Users** tab, in the list of available users, click the name of the target user.
4. In the **About** tile, note the **Login Name** for the user.

Alternatively, the following Snowflake query returns information about the user with the username of `<my-user>`, including their `login_name` value representing their login name:

```text
SHOW USERS LIKE '<my-user>';
```

To create a programmatic access token (PAT) for a user:

1. Log in to [Snowsight](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/ui-snowsight-homepage) with your Snowflake account.
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- (No longer recommended, as passwords are being deprecated by Snowflake&mdash;use PATs instead) The Snowflake [user's login name (not username) and the user's password](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/admin-user-management#creating-users) in the account.
This user must be a human user. Passwords are not supported for service users.

<iframe
width="560"
height="315"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFLPGVe4VBM"
title="YouTube video player"
frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
allowfullscreen
></iframe>

To view the login name for a user:

1. Log in to [Snowsight](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/ui-snowsight-homepage) with your Snowflake account.
2. In Snowsight, on the navigation menu, click **Admin > Users & Roles**.
3. On the **Users** tab, in the list of available users, click the name of the target user.
4. In the **About** tile, note the **Login Name** for the user.

Alternatively, the following Snowflake query returns information about the user with the username of `<my-user>`, including their `login_name` value representing their login name:

```text
SHOW USERS LIKE '<my-user>';
```

- The name of the Snowflake [role](https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-role) that the user belongs to and that also has sufficient access to the Snowflake database, schema, table, and host.

<iframe
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