This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne User Management connector in release 9.0.4.12.
Note:
Release 9.0.4.12 of the connector comes after release 9.0.4.3. Release numbers from 9.0.4.4 through 9.0.4.11 have not been used.
The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:
This section describes updates made to the connector software.
Documentation-Specific Updates
This section describes major changes made to this guide. These changes are not related to software updates.
The following sections discuss software updates:
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.1:
The JDEConnector.jar file has been split into two files, JDEConnectorProv.jar and JDEConnectorRecon.jar. Corresponding changes have been made in the following sections:
The connector XML file for target resource reconciliation has been changed from JDEResourceObject.xml to JDEConnectorResourceObject.xml.
The connector XML file for trusted source reconciliation has been changed from JDEXLResourceObject.xml to JDEConnectorXLResourceObject.xml.
See "Files and Directories on the Installation Media" for more information.
The following are the software update in release 9.0.4.2:
From Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0 onward, the Administrative and User Console provides the Connector Installer feature. This feature can be used to automate the connector installation procedure.
See "Installing the Connector on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.1.0.x or Release 11.1.1" for details.
From this release onward, the connector adds support for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 and Application 8.12 as a target system.
This target system has been mentioned in the "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section.
The following is a software update in release 9.0.4.3:
From this release onward, the connector enables you to map new target system attributes with Oracle Identity Manager attributes for reconciliation and provisioning.
To enable support for mapping new attributes for reconciliation and provisioning operations, the Configuration Lookup parameter has been added to the IT resource definition. You use this parameter to specify the name of the lookup definition that stores configuration information used during connector operations.
See the following sections for more information:
The following are the software updates in release 9.0.4.12:
From this release onward, the connector can be installed and used on Oracle Identity Manager 11g release 1 (11.1.1). Where applicable, instructions specific to this Oracle Identity Manager release have been added in the guide.
See Section 1.1, "Certified Components" for the full list of certified Oracle Identity Manager releases.
From this release onward, the connector provides support for request-based provisioning on Oracle Identity Manager 11g release 1 (11.1.1).
See Section 3.5.2, "Request-Based Provisioning" for more information.
The following sections discuss documentation-specific updates:
The following are the documentation-specific updates in release 9.0.4.2:
In the "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, changes have been made in the "Target system" row.
The "Configuring the Connector for Multiple Installations of the Target System" section has been removed from the "Deploying the Connector" chapter. The connector does not directly support this feature.
In the "Provisioning Module" section, the fields that are provisioned have been added.
In the "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, minor changes have been made in the "Target system" row.
In the "Using External Code Files" section:
JAR files that have to be copied to Oracle Identity Manager have been added.
The path to the directory containing the template files has been modified.
In the "Setting the Classpath on Oracle WebLogic Server Running on Microsoft Windows" section, one of the commands that is used for setting the classpath has been modified.
In the "Setting the Classpath on Oracle Application Server" section, information about creating a shared library has been added.
The following is a documentation-specific updates in release 9.0.4.3:
The Configuration Lookup IT resource parameter has been added in the following sections:
From this release onward:
The minimum certified release of Oracle Identity Manager is release 9.1.0.1.
The minimum certified release of JDK is release 1.4.2.
See "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section for the complete listing of certified components.
The following are documentation-specific updates in release 9.0.4.12:
In the "Role Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation and Provisioning" table, changes have been made to the "Effective Start Date" and "End Date" rows.
From row "Target system user account" of Table 1-1, "Certified Components", the PKGBLD right has been removed.
In the "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation" section, information about the file location for importing the XML files has been updated.
In the "Using External Code Files" section, information about the destination directory for copying JAR files on Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1 has been updated.
In the "Importing the Connector XML File" section, a note for the User, Password, ProxyUser, and ProxyUserPassword parameters has been added.