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title: Avoid Non Restrictive Queries
description: "Impact Area Performance Severity Medium Affected Element Apex Class ## Rule ID SF-AVOID-NON-RESTRICTIVE-QUERIES ## Impact Unfiltered queries can retrieve excessive data, potentially causing governor limit exceptions and negatively impacting application stability. ## Remediation Apply appropriate filters to SOQL or SOSL…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/pmd-rules/avoid-non-restrictive-queries/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: PMD Rules
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# Avoid Non Restrictive Queries

Impact Area

Performance

Severity

Medium

Affected Element

Apex Class

## Rule ID

SF-AVOID-NON-RESTRICTIVE-QUERIES

## Impact

 Unfiltered queries can retrieve excessive data, potentially causing governor limit exceptions and negatively impacting application stability.

## Remediation

 Apply appropriate filters to SOQL or SOSL queries to limit the amount of data retrieved.

**Time to fix**

30 min