Data Connections

Re: Retrieve departments names from Active Directory

ErnestoM — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:41:27 GMT

I'm not sure if the UserProfileService will return the user's department. This will vary from server to server, depending on configuration/settings.

Regardless, once you have a data connection to receive user data, you can take a look at the data being returned by the secondary data source and use it as needed in your form. Since the data connection brings the data into the secondary data source, all you need are rules to set the values in your main data source.

Good luck!

Re: Retrieve departments names from Active Directory

bertrand82 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:23:46 GMT

Hi Ernesto,

I create a receive connection in infopath with a SOAP web service with this address http://ServerName/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx

br Bertrand

Re: Retrieve departments names from Active Directory

ErnestoM — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:29:03 GMT

Yes, this is possible. Are you using an Active Directory web service? A custom one you wrote, or a 3rd party tool?

Retrieve departments names from Active Directory

bertrand82 — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:52:11 GMT

Hi,

I would like to create a drop down list control where the choices will be the departments from the active Directory. Is this possible?

br Bertrand