What's New in the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Database Applications Table?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the Database Applications Table connector in release 9.0.4 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

See Also:

The 9.0.3 release of this guide for information about updates that were new for the 9.0.3 release

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.

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Release Notes

Software Updates

This section discusses updates made to this release of the connector software.

Modification of Testing Utility Functionality

The functionality of the testing utility has been modified in this release. Information about the components and functionality of this utility has been included in the following sections:

• Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

• Step 3: Copying the Connector Files and External Code Files

• Testing the Connector

Trusted Source Reconciliation

This release of the connector supports trusted source reconciliation. The required information has been included in the "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation" section of this guide.

Adding Custom Database Columns

This release of the connector supports the adding of custom database columns for provisioning and reconciliation. This feature is discussed in the "Adding Custom Database Columns for Provisioning and Reconciliation" section.

Changes in the List of Supported Target Systems

In the "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, the list of supported target systems has been modified. This release of the connector also supports Oracle 8i Database, MS SQL 2000, and MS SQL 2005.

Support for New Databases

In this release of the connector, the following databases have been added to the existing list of certified databases:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005

• Oracle 8i Database

Changes pertaining to this enhancement have been made at appropriate places in this guide.

Reconciliation Enhancements

In this release, the following reconciliation enhancements have been implemented:

• Partial Reconciliation

• Batched Reconciliation

Separate Scheduled Tasks for Trusted and Nontrusted Source Reconciliation

In this release of the connector, there are separate user reconciliation scheduled tasks for trusted and nontrusted source reconciliation. In the "Specifying Values for the Scheduled Task Attributes" section, the attributes of these scheduled tasks are described.

Enabling Logging

By following the instructions in the "Enabling Logging" section, you can configure the generation of log information that is specific to the target system.

Documentation-Specific Updates

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

• The "Adding Custom Database Columns for Provisioning and Reconciliation" section describes the procedure to add custom database columns for provisioning and reconciliation operations.

• Instructions in the "Determining the Release Number of the Connector" section have been revised.

• Some of the sections that were in Chapter 2 in earlier releases of this guide have been moved to Chapter 3.