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Add query folding for Active Directory

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Darron on 14 Mar 2018 07:48:39

Allow filtering at source for LDAP/Active Directory Queries. Currently all filtering for AD occur after the data has been loaded.

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3213c620 4a20-4e7f-8c7e-73f3f34a4e99 on 06 Jul 2020 00:18:15

RE: Add query folding for Active Directory

I can't believe this hasn't got more votes.

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c884abee 3834-4c2a-a001-39dafbb08ca9 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:59

RE: Add query folding for Active Directory

This definitely needs done! I'm querying over 500k users for reports across multiple domains and need to be able to filter this dataset BEFORE it comes to the report server.

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4d8a9c07 4f48-47ec-bc89-9c78e6b200e8 on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:07

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Yes please add this. Would be super efficient to only pull in the objects I'm interested in from a specific location vs the entire directory. Our AD is so cluttered from a decentralized administration model (large university campus) that never gets cleaned up that it makes PowerBI appear like it's slow when it doesn't need to be.

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4f29ab6c ffe5-42cb-9111-65c8b5ebd227 on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:01

RE: Add query folding for Active Directory

This is seriously needed! being able to use LDAP filters will not only speed up queries astronomically, but it will allow far better debugging and code re-use / sharing.

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63c8fb76 0089-4ece-a776-b432fb3d9023 on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:35

RE: Add query folding for Active Directory

Would be much appreciated If you would allow custom ldap-filtering or some way to filter objects before fetching all the data from AD

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581f18cb c858-44c1-83a1-a72cd6819e35 on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:12

RE: Add query folding for Active Directory

Currently, accessing active directory data from Power BI seems incredibly inefficient. To get equivalent data, a query using LDAP that completes in seconds will take up to several minutes using Power BI.

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21a5aa81 c4a3-4d86-8bcb-5020f4846785 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:41

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Yes, I need load data from a specific OU, not all OU's

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:38

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I need to query an huge ad and I'm getting timed out because I cannot do this filter earlier to the request