28 Connector Objects Created by the Generic Technology Connector Framework

The list of connector objects created by the generic technology connector framework depends on the combination of the Reconciliation and Provisioning options that you select on the Step 1: Basic Information page:

• Both Reconciliation and Provisioning Are Selected

• Only Reconciliation Is Selected

• Only Provisioning Is Selected

Note:

Except for the form names, the names of the generic technology connector objects are in the GTC_NAME_GTC format, where GTC_NAME is the name that you assign to the connector.

For example, if you specify DBTables_conn as the name of a generic technology connector that you create, then all the connector objects (except the forms) are named DBTables_conn_GTC.

28.1 Both Reconciliation and Provisioning Are Selected

The following objects are created when you select both the Provisioning and Reconciliation options on the Step 1: Basic Information page:

• IT resource type

  The parameters of the IT resource type are the run-time parameters of the Format and Transport Providers (for both reconciliation and provisioning) that you select on the first page.

• IT resource

  The IT resource is an instance of the IT resource type. It contains the run-time parameter values of the providers.

• Resource object

  The resource object holds the values of the fields that constitute the Reconciliation Staging parent data set. For each Reconciliation Staging child data set, multivalued reconciliation fields (with corresponding child fields as their attributes) are automatically created.

  Note:

  When you select the trusted source reconciliation option, a trusted resource object is one of the objects automatically created at the end of the connector creation process.

• Parent and child forms

  Parent and child forms are based on the OIM - Account data set and its child data sets, respectively. By default, the names of the forms are the same as the names of their corresponding data sets. On the Step 3: Verify Form Names page, you can change the form names as required.

• Process definition

  The process definition contains the reconciliation field mappings and the system-defined and provisioning-specific process tasks. See "Configuring Provisioning" for information about the process tasks that are included in the process definition.

• Generic adapter

  The generic adapter contains the code for all the provisioning functions that a generic technology connector performs.

• Scheduled task

  During a reconciliation run, the scheduled task triggers the reconciliation processes in the predefined sequence. The "Configuring Reconciliation" section provides information about setting up the scheduled task.

• Reconciliation rule

  The reconciliation rule consists of rule elements. A single rule element represents a mapping created between a field of the Reconciliation Staging data set and a field of the OIM - User data set.

• Action rules

  The following are the default action rules created for target resource reconciliation:

  Rule Condition	Action
  One Entity Match Found	Establish Link
  One Process Match Found	Establish Link

  
  

  The following are the default action rules created for trusted source reconciliation:

  Rule Condition	Action
  No Matches Found	Create User
  One Entity Match Found	Establish Link
  One Process Match Found	Establish Link

  
  

The user group to which the creator of the generic technology connector belongs is made the administrator of the following connector objects that are automatically created during the generic technology connector creation process:

• IT resource

• Resource object (Administrator and Object Authorizer)

• All forms

• Process definition

• Reconciliation fields

• Reconciliation field mappings

28.2 Only Reconciliation Is Selected

See "Both Reconciliation and Provisioning Are Selected" for the list of objects that are created when you select both the Reconciliation and Provisioning options. From that list, the following objects are not created when you select only the Reconciliation option on the Step 1: Basic Information page:

• Generic adapter

• Provisioning-specific process tasks

  However, the process definition itself and its constituent system-defined process tasks are created.

28.3 Only Provisioning Is Selected

See "Both Reconciliation and Provisioning Are Selected" for the list of objects that are created when you select both the Reconciliation and Provisioning options. From that list, the following objects are not created when you select only the Provisioning option on the Step 1: Basic Information page:

• Scheduled task

• Reconciliation rule

• Reconciliation fields

• Reconciliation field mappings