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Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for SAP User Management
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Part Number B31137-01
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1 About the Connector

Oracle Identity Manager automates access rights management, security, and provisioning of IT resources. Oracle Identity Manager connectors are used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with third-party applications. The connector for SAP User Management is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with SAP User Management.

Note:

Oracle Identity Manager connectors were referred to as resource adapters prior to the acquisition of Thor Technologies by Oracle.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Supported Functionality

This section discusses the functions available with this connector.

Function Type Description
Create User Provisioning Creates a user in the target system
Update User Provisioning Updates the user in the target system
Delete User Provisioning Deletes a user from the target system
Lock User Provisioning Locks the user in the target system
UnLock User Provisioning Unlocks the user in the target system
Add User Role Provisioning Adds a role to the user in the target system
Add User Profile Provisioning Adds a profile to the user in the target system
Remove User Role Provisioning Removes the role of the user in the target system
Remove User Profile Provisioning Removes the profile from the user in the target system
List Roles of User Provisioning Lists the roles of the user in the target system
List Profiles of User Provisioning Lists the profiles of the user in the target system
List All Roles Provisioning Lists all the roles present in the target system
List All Profiles Provisioning Lists all the Profiles present in the target system
Reconciliation Insert Received Reconciliation Inserts a user into Oracle Identity Manager if a user is created in the target system
Reconciliation Update Received Reconciliation Updates a user in the Oracle Identity Manager if a user is updated in the target system
Reconciliation Delete Received Reconciliation Deletes a user in the Oracle Identity Manager if a user is deleted in the target system

Reconciliation Module

This section describes the elements that are extracted from the target system by the reconciliation module for constructing a reconciliation event record. The following are features of the reconciliation module:

Lookup Data Reconciliation

The following lookup fields are reconciled:

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.Roles

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.TimeZone

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.LangComm

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.UserTitle

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.DecimalNotation

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.DateFormat

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.UserGroups

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.CommType

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.Profiles

The following lookup fields are not reconciled:

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.UserType

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.LockUser

User Reconciliation

This section discusses elements that are specific to user reconciliation with the SAP User Management connector.

Reconciled SAP R3 Resource Object Fields

The following fields are reconciled for SAP R3 resource objects:

  • Extension

  • Telephone

  • Time Zone

  • Lang Logon

  • User Group

  • Department

  • Lang Comm

  • Last Name

  • First Name

  • User Title

  • Password

  • User ID (Required Field)

  • Start Menu

  • User Type

  • Alias

  • Lock User

  • Comm Type

  • Code

  • Building

  • Floor

  • Room No

  • Function

  • Decimal Notation

  • Date Format

  • Email

  • Fax

  • IT Resource Type

  • User Profile

    • User Profile

  • User Role

    • User Role

For user reconciliation to work, the following fields should be available in the lookup definition. In addition, the lookup values should be reconciled before the User Recon reconciliation scheduled task is run.

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.Roles

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.TimeZone

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.LangComm

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.UserTitle

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.DecimalNotation

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.DateFormat

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.UserGroups

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.CommType

  • Lookup.SAP.R3.Profiles

Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

The following Xellerate user fields are reconciled:

  • UserId

  • Password

  • Organization

  • FirstName

  • LastName

  • Xellerate

  • Role

  • Xellerate Type

Provisioning Module

The following fields must be specified for a provisioning task to work for SAP R3 resource objects:

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

The files and directories that comprise this connector are compressed in the SAP User Management Rev 3.1.0.zip file, which is in the following directory on the installation media:

Enterprise Applications\SAP Enterprise Applications\

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File Description
xml\SAPR3ResourceObject.xml
This XML file contains all the components of the SAP R3 connector. These components include the following objects for SAP R3:
  • IT Resource definition

  • SAP User form

  • Lookup definitions

  • Connectors

  • Resource object

  • Process definition

  • Reconciliation tasks

  • Task Scheduler

xml\SAPR3XLResourceObject.xml
This file is used only if the connector is configured as a trusted source. The SAPR3XLResourceObject.xml file contains only the Oracle Identity Manager resource objects and dependent values.
xml\SAPCRMResourceObject.xml
This file contains all the components of the SAP CRM connector. These components include the following objects for SAP CRM:
  • IT Resource definition

  • SAP User form

  • Lookup definitions

  • Connectors

  • Resource object

  • Process definition

  • Reconciliation tasks

  • Task Scheduler

xml\SAPCRMXLResourceObject.xml
This file is used only if the connector is configured as a trusted source. The SAPCRMXLResourceObject.xml file contains only the Oracle Identity Manager resource objects and dependent values.
xml\SAPBIWResourceObject.xml
This file contains all the components of the SAP BIW connector. These components include the following objects for SAP BIW:
  • IT Resource definition

  • SAP User form

  • Lookup definitions

  • Connectors

  • Resource object

  • Reconciliation tasks

  • Task Scheduler

SAPBIWXLResourceObject.xml
This file is used only if the connector is configured as a trusted source. The SAPBIWXLResourceObject.xml file contains only the Oracle Identity Manager resource objects and dependent values.
lib\XLSAPAdapter.jar
This file contains all the classes and definitions required for provisioning, reconciliation, master maintenance, and troubleshooting.
BAPI\xlsapcar.sar This file contains information for configuring the SAP system for the connector to be able to access the APIs on the target system.
troubleshoot\log.properties
troubleshoot\troubleshoot.properties
Property files where you can specify connection and task parameters.
troubleshoot\TroubleShootingUtility.class
The TroubleShootingUtility class file used to test the connector and debug any issues.
External code files:

sapjco.jar

For Microsoft Windows:

sapjcorfc.dll

librfc32.dll

Version: 2.0.10

For Solaris and Linux:

libsapjcorfc.so

librfccm.so

Version: 2.0.10

You can download these files from the SAP service Web site at

https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/connectors

This file is part of the Java connector java_connector.zip file.

Note: A valid SAP license is required to download these files.

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