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Status Future Consideration
Categories Cluster Deployment & Management
Created by Kanak Gupta
Created on Apr 9, 2026

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Add customData field for createUser on the Cloud Manager GUI

What problem are you trying to solve?

Focus on the what and why of the need you have, not the how you'd like it solved.

At the moment we can specify a customData field via db.createUser() as specified in https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/method/db.createUser/


However, this field is not available to be specified on the UI

What would you like to see happen?

Describe the desired outcome or enhancement.

Would like to see this field added to the Cloud Manager UI

Why is this important to you or your team?

Explain how the request adds value or solves a business need.

Gives the same capability on the UI as we have when creating a user manually

What steps, if any, are you taking today to manage this problem?

Users containing this field have to be managed manually


  • Admin
    Vibha Tripathi
    Apr 23, 2026

    Thank you for sharing this enhancement request and for the clear context around your use case.

    You’re correct that today MongoDB Cloud Manager only supports setting customData for database users via the shell or API, and there isn’t an equivalent control in the Cloud Manager UI yet. We agree that having this available directly in the UI would help align with manual workflows, reduce configuration drift, and better support compliance and auditing scenarios.

    At the moment, we don’t have a committed timeline we can share for adding customData management to the Cloud Manager UI. We are actively re-evaluating how we invest in Cloud Manager’s user management experience overall, and your request is one of the specific capabilities we’re taking into account as part of that broader planning.

    In the meantime, the supported approach remains to manage customData through the shell or API. If it would be helpful, we’d be happy to review your current process and explore whether we can suggest patterns (for example, API-based automation or scripts) to streamline this until native UI support is available.

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  • ricardo fernandez
    Apr 9, 2026

    Enhancement Request:
    We would like to request the addition of support for defining user customData directly within the MongoDB Cloud Manager UI when creating or modifying database users. Currently, this capability is only available through manual creation via the shell or API, leaving a functional gap in the Cloud Manager interface and creating inconsistencies in how user metadata can be applied and maintained. Enabling customData entry within the UI would bring feature parity with manual processes, streamline operational workflows, and reduce the risk of configuration drift. Given the importance of managing user metadata for compliance, auditing, and automation purposes, we consider this enhancement to be time‑sensitive and highly beneficial for teams relying on Cloud Manager as their primary administrative interface.

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