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 Oracle e-Business User Management is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with Oracle e-Business 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:

Reconciliation Module
Provisioning Module
Supported Functionality
Multilanguage Support
Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector
Determining the Release Number of the Connector

Reconciliation Module

Reconciliation involves duplicating in Oracle Identity Manager additions of and modifications to user accounts on the target system. It is an automated process initiated by a scheduled task that you configure.

See Also:

The "Deployment Configurations of Oracle Identity Manager" section in Oracle Identity Manager Connector Framework Guide for conceptual information about reconciliation configurations

Based on the type of data reconciled from the target system, reconciliation can be divided into the following types:

Lookup Fields Reconciliation
User Reconciliation

Lookup Fields Reconciliation

Lookup fields reconciliation involves reconciling the Responsibility lookup field.

User Reconciliation

User reconciliation involves reconciling the following fields:

Reconciled Resource Object Fields

The following target system fields are reconciled:

username
E-mail
Desc
lifeSpanType
lifeSpanValue
startDate
endDate
employeeId
respName
respStartDate
respEndDate

Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

The following target system fields are reconciled only if trusted source reconciliation is implemented:

User ID
First Name
Last Name
Organization
User Type
Employee Type

Provisioning Module

Provisioning involves creating or modifying a user's account information on the target system through Oracle Identity Manager. You use the Administrative and User Console to perform provisioning operations.

See Also:

The "Deployment Configurations of Oracle Identity Manager" section in Oracle Identity Manager Connector Framework Guide for conceptual information about provisioning

For this target system, the following fields are provisioned:

userName
password
confPassword
lifeSpanType
lifeSpanValue
startDate
endDate
email
employeeId
description
respName
respStartDate
respEndDate

Note:

During provisioning, if you want to link a newly created user account with an employee account, then you must ensure that the OracleHR.Employees lookup field is populated. For this, you must install the Oracle e-Business Employee Reconciliation connector and reconcile employee data.

If you do not want to link a newly created user account with an employee account, then the OracleHR.Employees lookup field is not required.

Supported Functionality

The following table lists the functions that are available with this connector.

Function	Type	Description
Create User	Provisioning	Creates a user
Disable User	Provisioning	Disables a user When this function is run, the end date assigned to the user account is changed to the current date.
Email Updated	Provisioning	Updates the e-mail address of a user
Password Updated	Provisioning	Updates the password of a user
Description Updated	Provisioning	Updates the description of a user
Start Date Updated	Provisioning	Updates the start date of a user's account validity period
End Date Updated	Provisioning	Updates the end date of a user's account validity period
LifeSpan Type Updated	Provisioning	Updates the Life Span type of a user
LifeSpan Updated	Provisioning	Updates the Life Span value of a user
Enable User	Provisioning	Enables a user so that the user is able to log in to Oracle e-Business User Management When this function is run on a disabled user account, the end date of the user account is changed to a null value.
Add Responsibility	Provisioning	Adds a responsibility to a user
Remove Responsibility	Provisioning	Removes a responsibility from a user When this function is run, the end date of the responsibility allocation is changed to the current date.
Employee Id Updated	Provisioning	Updates the employee ID of a user
Update Xellerate user	Reconciliation	Updates an Oracle Identity Manager user with data received from Oracle e-Business User Management
Update Apps Resource	Reconciliation	Updates an Oracle Identity Manager resource with data received from Oracle e-Business User Management
Create Link with Oracle HR Employee	Reconciliation	Sets the employee ID of an Xellerate User to the corresponding Oracle e-Business User Management user

See Also:

Appendix A for information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle e-Business User Management

Multilanguage Support

The connector supports the following languages:

Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Globalization Guide for information about supported special characters

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

The files and directories that comprise this connector are in the following directory on the installation media:

Enterprise Applications/Oracle e-Business/Oracle e-Business User Management

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media Directory	Description
lib/JavaTask/xlHostAccess.jar	This file contains the class files that are required for provisioning.
lib/ScheduleTask/xlReconOracleApps.jar	This file contains the class files that are required for reconciliation.
Files in the `resources` directory	Each of these resource bundle files contains language-specific information that is used by the connector. Note: A resource bundle is a file containing localized versions of the text strings that are displayed on the user interface of Oracle Identity Manager. These text strings include GUI element labels and messages displayed on the Administrative and User Console.
test/config/attributemapping_prov.properties	This file contains the dynamic attributes required for provisioning.
test/config/attributemapping_recon.properties	This file contains the dynamic attributes required for reconciliation.
test/config/config.properties	This file contains the parameters required to connect to and perform provisioning on the target system.
test/config/log.properties	This file is used for storing log information.
test/scripts/OracleEbiz.bat test/scripts/OracleEbiz.sh	This file is used to start the testing utility.
xml/oracleAppsResAdp.xml	This file contains definitions for the following components of the connector: IT resource type IT resource Custom process form Process tasks and adapters (along with their mappings) Resource object Provisioning process
xml/XellUserOraApps.xml	This XML file contains the configuration for the Xellerate User. You must import this file only if you plan to use the connector in trusted source reconciliation mode.

The "Step 3: Copying the Connector Files and External Code Files" section provides instructions to copy these files into the required directories.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

You can use any one of the following methods to determine the release number of the connector.

Before Deployment

To determine the release number of a connector:

Extract the contents of the xlReconOracleApps.jar file. This file is in the following directory on the installation media:
```
Enterprise Applications/Oracle e-Business/Oracle e-Business User Management/lib/ScheduleTask
```
Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor. The manifest.mf file is one of the files bundled inside the xlReconOracleApps.jar file.

In the manifest.mf file, the release number of the connector is displayed as the value of the Version property.

Note:

If you maintain a copy of the xlReconOracleApps.jar file after deployment, you can use this method to determine the release number of the connector at any stage. After you deploy the connector, it is recommended that you use the "After Deployment" method, which is described in the following section.

After Deployment

To determine the release number of a connector that has already been deployed:

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Design Console Guide

Open the Oracle Identity Manager Design Console.
In the Form Designer, open the process form. The release number of the connector is the value of the Version field.