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The `User` object is used to represent a user with a login to the ticketing system.
Users are either assignees who are directly responsible or a viewer on a `Ticket`/ `Collection`.

### The User Object

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "remote_id": "string",
  "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "name": "string",
  "email_address": "string",
  "is_active": true,
  "teams": [
    "string"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "string"
  ],
  "avatar": "string",
  "remote_was_deleted": true,
  "field_mappings": {
    "organization_defined_targets": {
      "string": {}
    },
    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
      "string": {}
    }
  },
  "remote_data": [
    {
      "path": "string",
      "data": {}
    }
  ]
}
```

### Schema (`User`)

```yaml
components:
  schemas:
    UserFieldMappings:
      type: object
      properties:
        organization_defined_targets:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            description: Any type
        linked_account_defined_targets:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            description: Any type
      title: UserFieldMappings
    RemoteData:
      type: object
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          description: The third-party API path that is being called.
        data:
          description: >-
            The data returned from the third-party for this object in its
            original, unnormalized format.
      required:
        - path
      description: >-
        # The RemoteData Object

        ### Description

        The `RemoteData` object is used to represent the full data pulled from
        the third-party API for an object.


        ### Usage Example

        TODO
      title: RemoteData
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        remote_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The third-party API ID of the matching object.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
        modified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
        name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The user's name.
        email_address:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The user's email address.
        is_active:
          type:
            - boolean
            - 'null'
          description: Whether or not the user is active.
        teams:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        avatar:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The user's avatar picture.
        remote_was_deleted:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third
            party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium
            add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited
            coverage. [Learn
            more](https://docs.merge.dev/integrations/hris/supported-features/).
        field_mappings:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserFieldMappings'
            - type: 'null'
        remote_data:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemoteData'
      title: User
```