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 Siebel Enterprise Applications is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with Siebel Enterprise Applications.

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

Note:

At some places in this guide, Siebel Enterprise Applications 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:

Lookup Fields Reconciliation
User Reconciliation

Lookup Fields Reconciliation

Lookup fields reconciliation involves reconciling the following lookup fields:

Lookup.Siebel.TimeZone
Lookup.Siebel.PreferredCommunications
Lookup.Siebel.Position
Lookup.Siebel.EmployeeTypeCode
Lookup.Siebel.Responsibility
Lookup.Siebel.PersonalTitle

User Reconciliation

User reconciliation involves reconciling the fields discussed in this section.

Reconciled Resource Object Fields

The following fields are reconciled:

UserID
First Name
Last Name
Middle Name
Alias
JobTitle
EmployeeType
PersonalTitle
E-mail
Fax
Phone
Time Zone
Position
Responsibility
Preferred Communications

Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

The following fields are reconciled only if reconciliation is implemented in trusted mode:

UserID
FirstName
LastName
Email
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:

UserID
First Name
Last Name
Middle Name
Alias
Job Title
EmployeeType
PersonalTitle
E-mail
Fax
Phone
Time Zone
Position
Responsibility
Preferred Communications
IT Resource Type

Supported Functionality

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

Function	Type	Description
Create User	Provisioning	Creates a user
Delete User	Provisioning	Deletes a user
Add Position to User	Provisioning	Adds a position to a user
Add User Responsibility	Provisioning	Adds a responsibility to a user
Delete User Position	Provisioning	Deletes the position of a user
Delete User Responsibility	Provisioning	Deletes the responsibility of a user
Primary Position Updated	Provisioning	Updates the Primary Position of a user
Time Zone Updated	Provisioning	Updates the time zone of a user
Email Updated	Provisioning	Updates the e-mail address of a user
Alias Updated	Provisioning	Updates the alias of a user
MI Updated	Provisioning	Updates the middle name of a user
Work Phone Updated	Provisioning	Updates the work phone number of a user
First Name Updated	Provisioning	Updates the first name of a user
Last Name Updated	Provisioning	Updates the last name of a user
Title Updated	Provisioning	Updates the title of a user
Home Phone Updated	Provisioning	Updates the home phone number of a user
Fax Updated	Provisioning	Updates the fax number of a user
Preferred Communications Updated	Provisioning	Updates the preferred communications setting of a user
Extension Updated	Provisioning	Updates the extension number of a user
Employee Type Updated	Provisioning	Updates the role of a user
Job Title Updated	Provisioning	Updates the job title of a user
Reconciliation Delete Received	Reconciliation	Deletes the user from Oracle Identity Manager if the user has been deleted from the target system
Reconciliation Insert Received	Reconciliation	Inserts a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Reconciliation Update Received	Reconciliation	Updates a user in Oracle Identity Manager

See Also:

Appendix A for information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and Siebel Enterprise Applications.

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/Siebel Enterprise Applications

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media Directory	Description
lib/xlSiebel.jar	This JAR file contains connector code that is used to interact with the target system for provisioning and 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.
Troubleshoot/TroubleShootingUtility.class	This is the standalone class that interacts with the target system. This class contains the code for running the troubleshooting test cases.
Troubleshoot/global.properties	This file contains the connection details that are required to connect to the target system. It also contains details about the commands to be run.
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/SiebelEmpResourceObject.xml	This XML file contains definitions for the following connector components: IT resource type Custom process form Process task and rule-generator adapters (along with their mappings) Resource object Pre-populate rules
xml/SiebelEmpXLResourceObject.xml	This 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 Troubleshoot directory are used only to run tests on the connector.

The "Step 2: Copying the Connector Files and External Code" 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 xlSiebel.jar file. This file is in the following directory on the installation media:
```
Enterprise Applications/Siebel Enterprise Applications/lib
```
Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor. The manifest.mf file is one of the files bundled inside the xlSiebel.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 xlSiebel.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.