What's New in the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for SAP User Management?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the connector and documentation for SAP User Management in release 9.0.2 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:

Software Updates

These include updates made to the connector software.
Documentation-Specific Updates

These include major changes made to the connector documentation. These changes are not related to software updates.

Software Updates

This section discusses the following software updates implemented in this release of the connector.

Incorporation of Multilanguage Support

In addition to English, this release of the connector supports the French and Japanese languages. The following are documentation updates pertaining to the incorporation of this feature:

The installation media directory includes resource bundle files for the languages supported by the connector. These resource bundle files are described in the "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section.
The "Step 2: Copying the Connector Files and External Code" section specifies the destination directory into which you must copy the resource bundle files during the deployment procedure.
The "Step 3: Configuring the Oracle Identity Manager Server" section describes the procedure to change to the required input locale and to clear content related to connector resource bundles from the server cache.
A new IT resource parameter has been added to carry language code information to the target system. This parameter is described in the "Defining IT Resources" section.
Changes have been made in the procedure described in the "Running Test Cases" section to accommodate the multilanguage support feature.
Chapter 4, "Known Issues" discusses two new issues related to the use of non-English locales.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

Instructions to determine the release number of the connector are given in the "Determining the Release Number of the Connector" section.

External Code Files Not Bundled in the Connector Pack

External code files are not bundled along with the connector file in the installation media directory. Instead, instructions to download and copy the external code files are given in the "Step 2: Copying the Connector Files and External Code".

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in this release of the guide:

In the "Supported Functionality" section, the descriptions of some of the functions have been reworded.
In the "Lookup Data Reconciliation" section , the list of lookup fields that are reconciled has been reworded.
Information about the TimeStamp and isTrusted parameters has been removed from the "Reconciliation Module" section.
The list of fields that must be available in the lookup definition has been removed from the "Reconciled SAP User Management Resource Object Fields" section.
In the "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements", the "External code" requirement has been broken down into requirements for Microsoft Windows and UNIX systems.
Oracle Identity Manager uses a SAP User Management user account to connect to and exchange data with SAP User Management. The "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements" section provides information about the minimum rights that must be assigned to this user account.
Instructions to configure the target system have been reworded in the "Step 4: Configuring the Target System" section. In addition, information about the SAP User Management objects created when you import the request has been added in this section.
Instructions to copy the connector JAR files and adapter files to all the nodes of a clustered environment have been added in the following sections:
In the "Defining IT Resources" section , descriptions of all the IT resource parameters have been reworded.
Instructions and pointers to information about configuring trusted source reconciliation have been moved to the "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation" section.
Instructions in the "Step 9: Configuring SNC to Secure Communication Between Oracle Identity Manager and the Target System" section have been reworded.
Instructions to use Oracle Identity Manager for linking multiple installations of SAP User Management are given in the "Configuring the Connector for Multiple Installations of the Target System" section.
Appendix A provides information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and SAP User Management.
The "Supported Platforms" section has been removed.