diff --git a/docs/people-and-groups/managing.md b/docs/people-and-groups/managing.md index c33d05d136e43ee826b3f0b62932fd35517f81b6..8b6a858d635dc441b07b52c71123a56666140269 100644 --- a/docs/people-and-groups/managing.md +++ b/docs/people-and-groups/managing.md @@ -113,6 +113,32 @@ This action will delete any dashboard subscriptions or alerts the person has cre This action doesn't affect email distribution lists that are managed outside of Metabase. +## Default user accounts + +Metabase includes default user accounts to handle various tasks. We're documenting these accounts here so you know they're legitimate accounts and not someone trying to spy on your Metabase. Some things to know about them: + +- Customers are not charged for these accounts. +- No one can log in to these user accounts. +- Metabase excludes these user accounts from the **Admin settings** > **People** tab. + +### Anonymous user account + +- ID: 0 +- First name: External +- Last name: User +- Email: null + +Metabase uses this anonymous user account to identify anonymous views, for example views of a [public question or dashboard](../questions/sharing/public-links.md). This account is a virtual user: the account doesn't exist in the application database. You'll see this account show up in [usage analytics](../usage-and-performance-tools/usage-analytics.md). + +### Metabase internal account + +- ID: 13371338 +- First name: Internal +- Last name: Metabase +- Email: internal@metabase.com + +Metabase uses this account to load content into Metabase (like the [Metabase analytics](../usage-and-performance-tools/usage-analytics.md) collection). You may see this `internal@metabase.com` account in the logs. + ## Groups To determine [who has access to what](../permissions/start.md), you’ll need to