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

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the PeopleSoft User Management connector in releases 9.0.4 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

Software Updates

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

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.

Partial Reconciliation

You can customize the reconciliation process by specifying the subset of added or modified target system records that must be reconciled. This features is discussed in the "Partial Reconciliation" section.

Specifying the Number of Records to Be Reconciled

In this release of the connector, you can specify the number of records to be reconciled. This feature is discussed in the "Specifying the Number of Records to Be Reconciled" section.

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 "User Reconciliation Scheduled Task" section, the attributes of these scheduled tasks are described.

Timeout Feature During Reconciliation and Provisioning

In this release of the connector, you can specify the number of retries and the delay between retries for connection attempts from Oracle Identity Manager to the target system. The "Defining IT Resources" section, describes the following parameters that are used to implement this feature:

NumberOfRetries
DelayBetweenRetries

Changes to the Testing Utility

The testing utility has been modified. Changes corresponding to the new functionality of the testing utility have been made in the following sections:

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector
Step 2: Copying the Connector Files and External Code Files
Defining IT Resources

The following changes have been made in this section:
- The IsDebug parameter has been removed.
- The IndexOfLastReconciledRecord parameter has been added.

Adding Custom Attributes

This release of the connector supports the adding of custom attributes for reconciliation and provisioning. This feature is described in the "Adding Custom Attributes for Reconciliation" section and the "Configuring the Target System for Provisioning" section.

Documentation-Specific Updates

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

Instructions in the "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section have been revised.
In Step 3 of the procedure described in the ""Configuring PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal on PeopleTools 8.45 Through 8.47" section"Configuring PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal on PeopleTools 8.45 Through 8.47", the name of the message channel has been changed from USR_MGMT_MSG_CH to USR_MGMT_MSGCH.
In the "Creating the Application Engine Program" section, the addemp step has been added to the list of steps to be created.
Information from Appendix B, "Encrypting a New Oracle Identity Manager Password" of the earlier release of this guide has been moved to the "Encrypting a New Oracle Identity Manager Password" section. The old Appendix B has been removed.
Information from Appendix C, "Adding Custom Attributes" of the earlier release of this guide has been moved to the following sections of Chapter 3:
- Adding Custom Attributes for Reconciliation
- Adding Custom Attributes for Provisioning
The old Appendix C has been removed.
Information from Appendix D, "Additional Steps to Be Performed on the Target System" of the earlier release of this guide has been moved to the "Configuring the Target System for Provisioning" section. The old Appendix D has been removed.
Some of the content from the Chapter 2 of the earlier release of this guide has been moved to Chapter 3.