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 Employee Reconciliation is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with SAP Employee Reconciliation.

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

Note:

At some places in this guide, SAP Employee Reconciliation has been referred to as the target system.

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:

Reconciled SAP Employee Reconciliation Fields
Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

Reconciled SAP Employee Reconciliation Fields

The following fields are reconciled:

Title
FirstName
LastName
City
State
Country
District
PostalCode
TelephoneNumber
Manager
StartDate
EndDate
Department
EmailAddress
EmplUserId
EmployeeId
MiddleName
SSN
UserLocked
UserLinked

Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

If trusted source reconciliation is implemented, then the following fields are reconciled:

User ID
FirstName
LastName
Middle Name
Organization
Email
Employee Type
User Type
LinkedUserID
UserFromHRMS

Supported Functionality

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

Function	Description
Create User	Creates a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Delete User	Deletes a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Disable User	Disables a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Enable User	Enables a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Update User	Updates a user in Oracle Identity Manager

See Also:

Appendix A for information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and SAP Employee Reconciliation

Multilanguage Support

This release of the connector supports the following languages:

Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
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/SAP Enterprise Applications/SAP Employee Reconciliation

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media	Description
BAPI/xlhsapcar.sar	This file is extracted and the components are deployed on the SAP Employee Reconciliation server for the connector to work with SAP Employee Reconciliation.
lib/xliSAPHR.jar	This JAR 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/troubleshoot/troubleShootingUtility.class	This utility is used to test connector functionality.
test/troubleshoot/global.properties	This file is used to specify the parameters and settings required to connect to the target system by using the testing utility.
test/troubleshoot/log.properties	This file is used to specify the log level and the directory in which the log file is to be created when you run the testing utility.
xml/SAPHRResourceObject.xml	This XML file contains definitions for the following components of the connector: IT resource type Custom process form Process task and adapters (along with their mappings) Resource object Provisioning process Pre-populate rules Reconciliation process Lookup definitions
xml/SAPHRXLResourceObject.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.

Note:

The files in the test directory are used only to run tests on the connector.

Refer to the "Step 2: 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 xliSAPHR.jar file. This file is in the following directory on the installation media:
```
Enterprise Applications/SAP Enterprise Applications/SAP Employee Reconciliation/lib
```
Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor. The manifest.mf file is one of the files bundled inside the xliSAPHR.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 xliSAPHR.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.