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Khyler
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Jan 21, 2021

Is it possible to do a secondary query in VPE?

Currently, the manager attribute is mapped in an AD Query object under required attributes, however, that returns the distinguished name for the user's manager.   I have a piece of custom code t...
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Khyler
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Jan 22, 2021

ok so say i'm logging in, the original AD query pulls my "manager" attribute, and returns the distinguished name "CN=John Smith,OU=something,OU=something, etc.", how do i then use another AD query as you're saying, to pull John Smiths' samaccountname?

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KeesvandenBos
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Jan 23, 2021

You could do this in the first query. Add the sAMAccountname in the required attributes (see screenshot).