WSS – User Information List

I did some research on Sharepoint(WSS) Users, about where are the users & their properties are stored. 

I got some result with that, So, i like to share that with you all via.. this post,

By using the SPWeb.SiteUserInfoList property,we will get a UserInfo list of the site collection of the current web.

The title of this userinfo list is “User Information List“.This was the hidden list and it has some metadata for storing some information about user.

Here, I list out the metadata available in “User Information List“,

Display Name	Type	Name
Content Type ID	ContentTypeId	ContentTypeId
Name	Text	Title
Approver Comments	Note	_ModerationComments
File Type	Text	File_x0020_Type
Account	Text	Name
E-Mail	Text	EMail
About Me	Note	Notes
SIP Address	Text	SipAddress
Locale	Integer	Locale
Calendar Type	Integer	CalendarType
AdjustHijriDays	Integer	AdjustHijriDays
TimeZone	Integer	TimeZone
Time Format	Boolean	Time24
Alternate Calendar Type	Integer	AltCalendarType
CalendarView Options	Integer	CalendarViewOptions
WorkDays	Integer	WorkDays
WorkDay StartHour	Integer	WorkDayStartHour
WorkDay EndHour	Integer	WorkDayEndHour
Is Site Admin	Boolean	IsSiteAdmin
Deleted	Boolean	Deleted
Picture	URL	Picture
Department	Text	Department
Job Title	Text	JobTitle
Is Active	Boolean	IsActive
Report To	User	Report_x0020_To
ID	Counter	ID
Content Type	Text	ContentType
Modified	DateTime	Modified
Created	DateTime	Created
Created By	User	Author
Modified By	User	Editor
Has Copy Destinations	Boolean	_HasCopyDestinations
Copy Source	Text	_CopySource
owshiddenversion	Integer	owshiddenversion
Workflow Version	Integer	WorkflowVersion
UI Version	Integer	_UIVersion
Version	Text	_UIVersionString
Attachments	Attachments	Attachments
Approval Status	ModStat	_ModerationStatus
Edit	Computed	Edit
Name	Computed	LinkTitleNoMenu
Title	Computed	LinkTitle
Select	Computed	SelectTitle
Instance ID	Integer	InstanceID
Order	Number	Order
GUID	Guid	GUID
Workflow Instance ID	Guid	WorkflowInstanceID
URL Path	Lookup	FileRef
Path	Lookup	FileDirRef
Modified	Lookup	Last_x0020_Modified
Created	Lookup	Created_x0020_Date
Item Type	Lookup	FSObjType
Effective Permissions Mask	Computed	PermMask
Name	File	FileLeafRef
Unique Id	Lookup	UniqueId
ProgId	Lookup	ProgId
ScopeId	Lookup	ScopeId
HTML File Type	Computed	HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type
Edit Menu Table Start	Computed	_EditMenuTableStart
Edit Menu Table End	Computed	_EditMenuTableEnd
Name	Computed	LinkFilenameNoMenu
Name	Computed	LinkFilename
Type	Computed	DocIcon
Server Relative URL	Computed	ServerUrl
Encoded Absolute URL	Computed	EncodedAbsUrl
File Name	Computed	BaseName
Property Bag	Lookup	MetaInfo
Level	Integer	_Level
Is Current Version	Boolean	_IsCurrentVersion
Group	Computed	GroupLink
Edit	Computed	GroupEdit
Name	Computed	ImnName
Picture	Computed	PictureDisp
Name	Computed	NameWithPicture
Name	Computed	NameWithPictureAndDetails
Edit	Computed	EditUser
Selection Checkbox	Computed	UserSelection
Content Type	Computed	ContentTypeDisp

By using above metadata’s we can get or set the values to User items in “User Information List”

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