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Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for PeopleSoft User Management
Release 9.1.1
E11206-06
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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 release 9.1.1 of the PeopleSoft User Management connector.

The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:

Software Updates

The following sections discuss the software updates:

Software Updates in Release 9.1.0

The following software updates have been made in release 9.1.0:

Software Updates in Release 9.1.0.1

The following software update has been made in release 9.1.0.1:

Support for Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.1.0.1

From this release onward, the connector can be deployed on Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.1.

Software Updates in Release 9.1.0.2

The following table lists the issues resolved in release 9.1.0.2:

Bug Number Issue Resolution
8271640 The connector could not be installed in an environment in which the PIA and JOLT servers were hosted on separate computers. This issue has been resolved. The connector can be installed in an environment in which the PIA and JOLT servers are hosted on separate computers.

Software Updates in Release 9.1.1

The following software updates have been made in release 9.1.1:

Support for Standard PeopleSoft Messages

In earlier releases, the connector made use of custom PeopleCode in PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications for full reconciliation and incremental reconciliation. From this release onward, the connector uses the following standard PeopleSoft messages that are delivered as part of the PeopleSoft installation:

See Section 1.4.2, "Support for Standard PeopleSoft Messages" for more information.

Enhanced Set of Lookup Definitions

Lookup definitions have been added to support reconciliation based on standard message types.

See Section 1.5, "Lookup Definitions Used During Connector Operations" for a complete listing of the lookup definitions.

Support for New ID Types

The connector now supports the following ID Types in addition to the Employee (EMP) ID Type:

The connector is now enhanced to support additional ID Types.

See Section 1.4.8, "Adding New ID Types" for more information.

Support for Multiple Versions of the Target System

From this release onward, the Remote Manager mode of the connector has been deprecated. Information specific to the connector with the Remote Manager has been removed from the corresponding sections in this guide. The connector can now be used for multiple versions of the target system without deploying the Remote Manager.

The connector can be configured to work with different versions of the target system at the same time. For example, you can use a single instance of the connector to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with a PeopleTools 8.48 installation and a PeopleTools 8.49 installation.

See Section 2.2.1.4, "Configuring the Connector to Support Multiple Versions of the Target System" for more information.

Support for Resending Messages That Are Not Processed

Standard messages provided by PeopleSoft are asynchronous. In other words, if a message is not delivered successfully, then the PeopleSoft Integration Broker marks that message as not delivered. The message can then be resent manually.

See Section 3.4, "Resending Messages That Are Not Received by the PeopleSoft Listener" for details.

Enhanced Set of Default Attribute Mappings

The default set of attribute mappings for reconciliation and provisioning has been enhanced. See the following sections for a full listing of the attribute mappings:

Support for Connection Pooling

The connector supports the connection pooling feature introduced in Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.2. In earlier releases, a connection with the target system was established at the start of a reconciliation run and closed after the reconciliation run. With the introduction of connection pooling, multiple connections are established by Oracle Identity Manager and held in reserve for use by the connector.

See Section 1.4.6, "Connection Pooling" for more information.

Support for Validation and Transformation of Account Data

You can configure validation of account data that is brought into or sent from Oracle Identity Manager during reconciliation and provisioning. In addition, you can configure transformation of account data that is brought into Oracle Identity Manager during reconciliation.

See the following sections for more information:

Support for Creating Copies of Connector Objects

To meet the requirements of specific use cases, you might need to create multiple copies of the Oracle Identity Manager objects that constitute the connector. The connector can work with multiple instances of these objects.

See Section 4.11, "Configuring the Connector for Multiple Installations of the Target System" for more information.

Specifying Accounts to Be Excluded from Reconciliation and Provisioning Operations

From this release onward, you can specify a list of accounts who must be excluded from all reconciliation and provisioning operations.

See Section 1.5.2.3.4, "Lookup.PSFT.UM.ExclusionList" for more information.

Resolved Issues in Release 9.1.1

The following issues are resolved in release 9.1.1:

Bug Number Issue Resolution
7526893 The connector supported the linking of user profile with employee ID type only. Other ID types, such as vendor and customer, were not supported. This issue has been resolved. The connector now supports the linking of user profile with any ID type supported by the target system.
8351580 and 8718471 The connector supported a single PeopleSoft implementation for a single Oracle Identity Manager. The connector did not allow the reuse of the adapters with multiple objects, processes, and form names required for different implementations. This issue has been resolved. The connector now makes use of the configuration lookup definitions. The Oracle Identity Manager object references can now be configured.

The remote manager approach to support multiple versions of the target system is deprecated. It is replaced by a class loader solution.

See Section 2.2.1.4, "Configuring the Connector to Support Multiple Versions of the Target System" for more information.

8239326 The connector used to log the password. This issue has been resolved. The connector does not log the password now.

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following sections discuss documentation-specific updates:

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.1.0

The following are the documentation-specific updates in release 9.1.0:

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.1.0.1

The following is a documentation-specific update in release 9.1.0.1:

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.1.0.2

The following are the documentation-specific updates in release 9.1.0.2:

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.1.1

Major changes have been made to the structure of the guide. The objective of these changes is to synchronize the guide with the changes made to the connector and to improve the usability of the information provided by the guide.