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is it possible for a metadata field to look up a user in LDAP?

Version 9 Laserfiche

Updated September 29, 2014

asked on May 8, 2014

We have a template field called "Assigned User". This field will need to be manually changed at any given time. I was hoping the field could list all users (or groups) based off of either the Users in LF or by LDAP. Is this possible? thanks in advance!

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replied on May 9, 2014

There is not a native way in Laserfiche templates to retrieve that list. You'll have to write some code to retrieve that information. I haven't had time to try it out yet, but RepositoryAccess (in the SDK) has AccountInfoReader that should let you get a list of accounts. You'd then need to cache those in a database that could then be the basis for your list field. You could write an external service, but the simplest method will probably be to build a scheduled workflow.

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replied on August 6, 2014

Is it possible to create an active SQL view to an LDAP server? If that is possible then you can use that SQL view to create an external table in admin console and link to the template fields using Dynamic List.

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replied on August 6, 2014

I've never linked it to Laserfiche, but you can certainly wire up SQL Server to AD.

Some web searches turn up many articles on how to do this. Here's an example:

http://blog.skufel.net/2012/01/how-to-use-sql-server-to-query-active-directory/

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replied on September 29, 2014

We have used a view to the Laserfiche repository SQL DB table.that contains the LF / AD / LDAP users configured.

You can view all configured / active accounts

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