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0D50Z00008G7UesSAFOkta Classic EngineAdministrationAnswered2024-04-15T13:18:11.000Z2017-02-03T14:31:18.000Z2019-09-02T16:51:34.000Z

Michael Mongeau (Customer) asked a question.

Edited by varun.kavoori1.5210444522562532E12 September 5, 2018 at 1:19 AM
Wildcard search in Universal Directory
Is there any way to do a wildcard search in Universal Directory (Directory / People)?   It seems to only match on the start of the First Name, Last Name, or Email Address.

 

For example, I'd like to find out how many users exist with an email domain of '@codix.gr'.   Using * or % does not seem to work. 

 

Thanks,

 

    Michael

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  • gabriel.sroka1.4374539321839353E12 (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi Michael

    You can't use wildcards. Here are a few alternatives:

    1. Reports > Reports > Okta Password Health has users with their logins (not emails), but if they're the same, you could download it and search locally.

    2. Use the Users API to download users

    http://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#list-users(http://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#list-users)

     

    There is a more advanced search in the Users API, but it doesn't support wildcards either. It might be useful for other searches:

    http://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#list-users-with-search(http://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#list-users-with-search)
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  • Michael Mongeau (Customer)

    I'm aware of the REST API and have used it for some other functionality. I was just trying to avoid having to create a custom application if it could be done within the Okta UI.  Since that's not currently possible I guess I'll have to create a small search application to do what I need.

     

    Thanks,

     

     Michael

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  • gabriel.sroka1.4374539321839353E12 (Okta, Inc.)

    Another idea, if the emails are sourced from, eg, AD, you could:

    1. create a custom field, eg "domain", in the Okta user object

    2. use UD to parse the AD email, just pull out the domain and save it to "domain"

    3. search with the Users API

  • gabriel.sroka1.4374539321839353E12 (Okta, Inc.)

    If you have Group Rules:

    https://support.okta.com/help/articles/Knowledge_Article/Using-Group-Membership-Rules

     

    it supports the "contains" operator.

    1. create an Okta group called "codix"

    2. create a Group Rule like this: 
    1.  IF user.email contains "@codix.gr" THEN Assign to codix
     3. activate the rule

    4. check out the codix group

     

    The codix group will show you how many members and the members themselves.
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  • Michael Mongeau (Customer)

    You misunderstood the question.  I want to be able to search for partial matches on *ANY* email address - codix.gr was just an example.  It's not practical to create a group for every email domain of every user in the Universal Driectory and keep them up-to-date.

  • josh.skeen1.4283705083512795E12 (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi Michael,

     

    As Gabriel stated above, wildcard searches/searching based on partial matches like you are describing are not something that can be performed in the Okta UI at this time. This would be a great candidate for a feature request, however.

     

    To submit this as a feature request, you can do so by going to https://community.okta.com/ and then logging in and clicking on the "Ideas" button in the top-right hand corner of the page, and then select "Post Idea" on the next page. This will open a feature request for other members of the community, including our own Product Managers, to see and vote on.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Josh Skeen

    Technical Support Engineer
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  • 00u1oaall8F3WsXqo0i71.519978689412134E12 (Customer)

    Hi all,

     

    Search for groups does not work with wildcards, too.

    Pretty bad for an Admin Portal when I can not work efficiently

     

    Best Regards

    Robin
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Wildcard search in Universal Directory