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Map Attribute Transformation

Map Attribute Transformations map a client attribute to a different source attribute in the inbound direction, and does the reverse mapping in the outbound direction.

A Map Attribute Transformation maps a client attribute to a different source attribute in the inbound direction, and does the reverse mapping in the outbound direction.

Parent Component

The Map Attribute Transformation component inherits from the Transformation

Properties

A description of each property follows.


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ client-attribute ↓ java-class
↓ conflict-behavior
↓ entry-match-filter
↓ entry-parent-suffix
↓ excluded-operation
↓ virtual-in-source

Basic Properties

client-attribute

Description
Client attribute to be mapped to source attribute. Specifies the name of the attribute as seen by the client application and to be mapped to a source attribute. Example: displayName=%givenName% The client attribute displayName is mapped to givenName when sent to the source repository, and reverse mapped from givenName to displayName when read from the source repository and sent to the client application.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A String
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

conflict-behavior

Description
Specifies the behavior that the server is to exhibit for entries that already contain one or more real values for the associated attribute. Default is merge-real-and-virtual.
Default Value
merge-real-and-virtual
Allowed Values
merge-real-and-virtual - Indicates that the virtual attribute generation preserves any real values contained in the entry and merges them with the set of generated virtual values so that both the real and virtual values are used.

real-overrides-virtual - Indicates that any real values contained in the entry are preserved and used, and virtual values are not generated.

virtual-overrides-real - Indicates that the virtual attribute generation suppresses any real values contained in the entry and generates virtual values and uses them.
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

entry-match-filter

Description
Specifies the filter that the entry must match for this transformation to apply.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A String
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

entry-parent-suffix

Description
Specifies an ascendant of the operation DN for this transformation to apply.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A valid DN.
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

excluded-operation

Description
Specifies operations on which this transformation never apply. This allows to restrict the regular behavior of this transformation.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
add - Specifies LDAP ADD operation.

compare - Specifies LDAP COMPARE operation.

delete - Specifies LDAP DELETE operation.

extended - Specifies LDAP EXTENDED operation.

modify - Specifies LDAP MODIFY operation.

modifydn - Specifies LDAP MODIFYDN operation.

search - Specifies LDAP SEARCH operation.
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

virtual-in-source

Description
Specifies whether the transformation expects the client virtual attribute to be potentially also stored in the source repository, and adapt searches filters accordingly.
Default Value
false
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No


Advanced Properties

java-class

Description
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the Map Attribute Transformation implementation.
Default Value
org.opends.server.core.transformations.attributetransformations.MapAttribute
Allowed Values
A java class that implements or extends the class(es) :
org.opends.server.core.transformations.attributetransformations.TransformationAbstract
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

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