Optimizing Administrator Forms

To improve the performance of administrator forms, do the following:

• Specify TargetResources that only fetch specific resources for editing. (See Tuning Workflows for more information.)

• Use cacheList and cacheTimeout caching parameters for objects that change infrequently if you are working with FormUtil.getResourceObjects or FormUtil.listResourceObjects.

• Store the results of time-consuming calculations and fetches in <Field> elements and evaluate in the <Default> expression to help ensure that an operation occurs only one time.

• Use update.constraints to limit which resources are fetched at runtime (see Dynamic Tabbed User Form in Sun Identity Manager Deployment Reference).

• Use background approval (ManualAction with different owners and one-second timeouts) for faster page submissions.

• Be aware that Identity Manager refreshes all fields defined on all panels of a Tab Panel Form when the page reloads, regardless of which panel is selected.