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Hi,
I have a use case where I'm writing a custom M function that requires the username from the current data connector's connection. For example, I am connected to Teradata database using teradata database credentials, and I want to retrieve the username that was used while authenticating to Teradata database in my custom M function.
I'm defining this M function in custom data connector. I tried using Extension.CurrentCredential()[Username] to get the username from credentials but got the following error:
Expression.Error: We can only perform this operation while using a custom data connector.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks,
Namrata
Solved! Go to Solution.
By design (and for security reasons), it is not possible for queries to access credential information.
Looks like another one for @ImkeF
I'm not familiar with this function. If nothing comes up here, I'd suggest asking on GitHub instead: https://github.com/Microsoft/DataConnectors/issues
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Hi @ImkeF,
Thanks for the reply!
Extension.CurrentCredential() is mentioned in here in Data Connectors documentation:
Sure, I'll post this question on GitHub too.
Thanks,
Namrata.
By design (and for security reasons), it is not possible for queries to access credential information.
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