Hello dev team, It seems I am not able to either fully understand how filter terms work (API Search call) or it works as expected, just not how I expected. Here is my query: {"indices":["identities"], "query": {"query":"@access(source.name:\"Active Directory\" AND name:(\"Employees\")) AND !(at…

I don’t totally understand how the filter works, but if I omit the exclude option, then it definitely removes identities from the result. Are you trying to exclude access items that are entitlements from the result set, or are you trying to exclude identities that have entitlements? If you are tr…

Oh I see, I am trying to exclude every access item which are not entitlements (I just need entitlements, not roles or ap), but all the other fields should and the identities matching the query should be be there. In a way, identities matching query should still be there, but I want to limit/filter …

Not that this directly applies to the question at hand, but am I the only one who wants the option to limit access profiles/entitlements that are granted via role membership from search? We have a lot of “birthright” roles (like distros for your location/building) that people see an existing person …

[image] Mark Cheek: but am I the only one who wants the option to limit access profiles/entitlements that are granted via role membership from search? Sounds like a good #feedback:feature-requests topic :slight_smile:

[image] Erick Smanhotto: In a way, identities matching query should still be there, but I want to limit/filter the type of access that will show up in the result. I hope that makes sense Yea, I don’t think elastic search works that way (which is what search is built on). You’ll definitely ne…

Awesome, thank you Colin. I will see how I can do it, I am currently using this search call to overcome the limit of 2mb (workflow), as “get identities” could fill that up.

API Search with term filters: Can´t use it correctly

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colin_mckibben (Colin McKibben) August 8, 2023, 7:14pm 7

Yea, I don’t think elastic search works that way (which is what search is built on). You’ll definitely need to do some post processing. If you have the time, you can check out my video on API reporting using typescript. I kind of go into this topic of filtering API results.

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API Search with term filters: Can´t use it correctly

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