List manager

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Returns the user or organizational contact assigned as the user's manager. Optionally, you can expand the manager's chain up to the root node.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	User.Read.All, User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	User.Read.All, User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

When an application queries a relationship that returns a directoryObject type collection, if it does not have permission to read a certain derived type (like device), members of that type are returned but with limited information. With this behavior, applications can request the least privileged permissions they need, rather than rely on the set of Directory.* permissions. For details, see Limited information returned for inaccessible member objects.

HTTP request

Get the manager:

GET /me/manager
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/manager

Get the management chain:

GET /users?$expand=manager
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/?$expand=manager($levels=n)

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select and $expand OData query parameters to help customize the response.

Note:

• The n value of $levels can be max (to return all managers) or a number between 1 and 1000.
• When the $levels parameter is not specified, only the immediate manager is returned.
• You can specify $select inside $expand to select the individual manager's properties: $expand=manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName).
• $levels parameter is only supported on a single user (/users/{id} or me endpoints) and not on the entire list of users.
• $levels requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
ConsistencyLevel	eventual. Required when the request includes the $levels=n in the $expand query parameter.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a user object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get manager

The following example shows a request to get the manager.

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id|userPrincipalName}/manager

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Manager.GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



result, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Manager().Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

DirectoryObject directoryObject = graphClient.users("{id|userPrincipalName}").manager()
	.buildRequest()
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let directoryObject = await client.api('/users/{id|userPrincipalName}/manager')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->manager()->get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users

Get-MgUserManager -UserId $userId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "7d54cb02-aaa3-4016-9f9c-a4b49422dd9b",
  "displayName": "Sara Davis",
  "jobTitle": "Finance VP",
  "mail": "SaraD@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
  "userPrincipalName": "SaraD@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
}

Example 2: Get manager chain up to the root level

The following example shows a request to get the manager chain up to the root level.

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me?$expand=manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)&$select=id,displayName
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.Me.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Expand = new string []{ "manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)" };
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","displayName" };
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphconfig "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")

requestParameters := &graphconfig.MeRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Expand: [] string {"manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)"},
	Select: [] string {"id","displayName"},
}
configuration := &graphconfig.MeRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

result, err := graphClient.Me().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

LinkedList<Option> requestOptions = new LinkedList<Option>();
requestOptions.add(new HeaderOption("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual"));

User user = graphClient.me()
	.buildRequest( requestOptions )
	.expand("manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)")
	.select("id,displayName")
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let user = await client.api('/me')
	.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
	.expand('manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)')
	.select('id,displayName')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestConfiguration = new MeRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = MeRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->expand = ["manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)"];
$queryParameters->select = ["id","displayName"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->get($requestConfiguration);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUser -UserId $userId -ExpandProperty "manager(`$levels=max;`$select=id,displayName)" -Property "id,displayName" -ConsistencyLevel eventual 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response. Transitive managers are displayed hierarchically.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "a97733ce-92a4-4e7e-8d45-8e1f3e6a69d8",
  "displayName": "Individual Contributor",
  "manager": {
    "id": "7d54cb02-aaa3-4016-9f9c-a4b49422dd9b",
    "displayName": "Alex Wilber",
    "manager": {
      "id": "343a3f95-377c-47a9-b697-480487bfcdf7",
      "displayName": "Bianca Pisani",
      "manager": {
        "id": "8e07b731-5ba7-4081-b482-15e6eca35c45",
        "displayName": "Patti Fernandez"
      }
    }
  }
}