Filter data at source

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Hello, how can I set airbyte to fetch data from the source, only from a certain period?, using for example a where clause?, the way it is, it fetch all rows, I have tables with more than 15 years of data.

Source MSSQL Destination Postgresql

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Filtering data on extract from an SQL source
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Hi, I am looking for the same option! I would like to filter the amount of data extracted from source as well, based on a time column (e.g. cursor field with lookback), or a where clause. Currently I am unable to retrieve only data from lets say the last 3 months only. I have to sync and remove the old data afterwards which seems impractical.

To me, filtering data on the source seems like an option that is usefull for any sql source. To get more freedom in building your own post-processing scripts at destination and e.g. find what is deleted over the last 3 months.