Preview the Active Directory export
Preview the Active Directory export
Before the connector runs — or whenever you want to check your settings are doing what you expect — the preview export shows the exact rows the Active Directory connector will produce for your school, built from the same logic the real export uses. Nothing here changes your AD; it's a read-only look at what would be sent.
There are two views of the same data:
- Preview export — the rows the connector will export.
- Preview export — issues — the rows the connector would skip or flag (for example, records missing something the export needs). Use this to catch problems before they cause gaps in AD.
What you see
- A table with one row per account, and a column for each field the export produces (username, OU, display name, and so on — driven by your AD settings and advanced mappings).
- A count of the total rows produced.
- A Download CSV button for the complete export.
The 200-row cap
For speed, the on-page table shows only the first 200 rows. When there are more, a note tells you how many rows there are in total and points you to Download CSV for the complete set. The cap only affects what's drawn on screen — the download and the real export are never capped.
If the preview is empty, the export produced no rows for the school with its current AD settings — check that staff/student processing is turned on and the OU paths are set in AD settings.
The 20-character username limit
Active Directory only supports 20 characters for a username (sAMAccountName). Longer usernames are trimmed to 20 characters by the AD Import app when the account is created, so the username in AD can differ from the one shown in the preview. The preview flags this for you: the username column is labelled (max 20), and any username already at the 20-character limit is marked with a scissors icon. To see the full list of accounts whose usernames are too long, open the issues view.
Downloading the full export
Download CSV gives you the complete export as a file, exactly as the connector would build it. This is the authoritative view when the on-page table is capped, and a handy record to keep or diff against a previous run.
How to read the issues view
Switch to the issues view to see rows that wouldn't export cleanly. Each row shown here is one the connector would skip or flag rather than write. Fixing the underlying data (or adjusting your AD settings / advanced mappings) and re-checking is the quickest way to make sure everyone who should sync actually does.