Currently, while integrating an external data source with the Jenkins Exporter, the entire dataset—including all builds and their details—is being retrieved and updated.

This new feature will introduce the ability to pre-filter the incoming data before it is sent to Port.

It is especially useful for data sources with a large number of events where not all historical data is relevant.

For example, users can choose to retrieve only the last two builds or fetch only Jenkins builds from the past 10 days.

Additionally, it will allow filtering out specific Jobs or Builds that do not need to be ingested at all.