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Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for SAP Employee Reconciliation
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3 Using the Connector

After you deploy the connector, you must configure it to meet your requirements. This chapter discusses the following connector configuration procedures:


Note:

These sections provide both conceptual and procedural information about configuring the connector. It is recommended that you read the conceptual information before you perform the procedures.

3.1 Summary of Steps to Use the Connector


Note:

It is assumed that you have performed all the procedures described in the preceding chapter.

In Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, a scheduled job is an instance of a scheduled task. In this guide, the term scheduled task used in the context of Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x is the same as the term scheduled job in the context of Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1.

See Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Identity Manager for more information about scheduled tasks and scheduled jobs.


The following is a summary of the steps to use the connector:

  1. Configure and run the scheduled task to synchronize the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType lookup definition. See Section 3.2, "Configuring the Scheduled Task for Lookup Field Synchronization" for information.

  2. Test full reconciliation as follows:

    See Section 3.4, "Performing Full Reconciliation" for instructions.

    1. Generate flat files for a few users.

    2. Configure and run the SAP HRMS User Recon scheduled task.

    3. Check if reconciliation events are created for user records in the flat file.

  3. Perform first-time (full) reconciliation. See Section 3.4, "Performing Full Reconciliation" for instructions.

  4. Change from full reconciliation to incremental reconciliation. See Section 3.5, "Performing Incremental Reconciliation" for instructions.


    Note:

    As mentioned earlier in this guide, you can switch from incremental reconciliation to full reconciliation and back to incremental reconciliation at any time. It is recommended that you perform full reconciliation at periodic intervals (for example, a few months) to fully ensure that OIM Users exist for all target system users.

3.2 Configuring the Scheduled Task for Lookup Field Synchronization

The Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType lookup definition is used to hold mappings between combinations of Employee Group and Employee Subgroup values from the target system and employee types defined in Oracle Identity Manager. The SAP HRMS EmployeeType Lookup Recon scheduled task is used to fetch the Employee Group and Employee Subgroup values from the target system and populate them in the Code Key column of the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType lookup definition.To configure and run the SAP HRMS EmployeeType Lookup Recon scheduled task:

  1. Log in to the Administrative and User Console.

  2. Expand Resource Management.

  3. Click Manage Scheduled Task.

  4. On the Scheduled Task Management page, enter the name of the scheduled task as the search criteria and then click Search.

    The following screenshot shows the Scheduled Task Management page:

    Scheduled Task Management page
  5. In the search results table, click the edit icon in the Edit column for the scheduled task. The following screenshot shows the Scheduled Task Details page:

    Scheduled Task Details page
  6. On the Edit Scheduled Task Details page, you can modify the following details of the scheduled task by clicking Edit:

    • Status: Specify whether or not you want to leave the task in the enabled state. In the enabled state, the task is ready for use.

    • Max Retries: Enter an integer value in this field. This number represents the number of times Oracle Identity Manager must attempt to complete the task before assigning the ERROR status to the task. The default value is 1.

    • Next Start: Use the date editor to specify the date when you want the task to run. After you select a date value in the date editor, you can modify the time value that is automatically displayed in the Next Start field.

    • Frequency: Specify the frequency at which you want the task to run.

    When you click Edit, the Edit Scheduled Task page is displayed. The following screenshot shows this page:

    Edit Scheduled Task page
  7. After modifying the values for the scheduled task details listed in the previous step, click Continue.

  8. Specify values for the attributes of the scheduled task. To do so, select each attribute from the Attribute list, specify a value in the field provided, and then click Update.


    Note:

    • Attribute values are predefined in the connector XML file that you import. Specify values only for the attributes that you want to change.

    • Values (either default or user-defined) must be assigned to all the attributes. If even a single attribute value is left empty, then reconciliation is not performed.


    Table 3-1 lists the attributes of this scheduled task.

    Table 3-1 Attributes of the SAP HRMS EmployeeType Lookup Recon Scheduled Task

    Attribute Description

    Configuration lookup

    This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition that contains configuration details.

    Value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration

    Note: For this scheduled task, you must not change the value of this attribute. However, if you create a copy of the lookup definition, then you must enter the unique name of that lookup definition as the value of the Configuration lookup attribute. See Section 2.3.1, "Setting Up the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration Lookup Definition in Oracle Identity Manager" for information about this lookup definition.

    IT Resource

    Enter the name of the IT resource that you create by performing the procedure described in the Section 2.3.12.2, "Configuring the IT Resource".

    Lookup Name

    This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition to be populated.

    Value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType

    Note: For this scheduled task, you must not change the value of this attribute. However, if you create a copy of the lookup definition, then you must enter the unique name of that lookup definition as the value of the Lookup Name attribute.

    Schedule Task Name

    This attribute holds the name of the scheduled task.

    Value: SAP HRMS EmployeeType Lookup Recon

    Note: For this scheduled task, you must not change the value of this attribute. However, if you create a copy of the scheduled task, then you must enter the unique name of that scheduled task as the value of the Schedule Task Name attribute in that scheduled task.


    The following screenshot shows the Attributes page. The attributes of the scheduled task that you select for modification are displayed on this page.

    Attributes page
  9. Click Save Changes to commit all the changes to the database.


Note:

If you want to stop a scheduled task while it is running, then use the Stop Execution feature of the Design Console. See the "The Task Scheduler Form" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Identity Manager for information about this feature.

See Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Identity Manager for instructions on setting the user type values in the Decode column of the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType lookup definition.

3.3 Guidelines on Performing Reconciliation

Apply the following guideline while configuring reconciliation:

3.4 Performing Full Reconciliation

Full reconciliation involves reconciling all existing user records from the target system into Oracle Identity Manager. After you deploy the connector, you must first perform full reconciliation.

The following sections discuss the procedures involved in full reconciliation:

3.4.1 Generating IDocs

You must generate IDocs for all existing employees in the target system.

To generate IDocs for full reconciliation:

  1. Run transaction PFAL.

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  2. In the Objects region, select P as the object type. The value P indicates that you want IDocs to be created for person records.

  3. Use the Object ID field to specify the persons for whom you want to generate IDocs. The Personnel Number attribute is of the numeric data type. If required, you can use the Object ID field to specify the range of personnel numbers of persons for whom you want to generate IDocs.


    Note:

    To specify that you want IDocs to be generated for all persons at the same time, do not enter a value in the object ID field.

  4. In the Reporting period region, the All option is selected by default. With this option, IDocs are created for all infotypes, regardless of the end date of the infotypes. If you want IDocs to be created only for current- or future-dated infotypes, then click Key date and enter the date relative to which infotypes must be considered for reconciliation. IDocs are created only for infotypes that are current- or future-dated on the date that you enter. For example, if you enter 02-Dec-2009, then IDocs are created only for infotypes having an end date that equals or is greater than 02-Dec-2009.

  5. In the Number of objects per process field, enter the number of IDocs that must be recorded in one flat file. This field takes a maximum value of 200. If you do not specify a value, then a system default is used, which may be less than or equal to 200.

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  6. Click Execute.

  7. Verify that the status is "Passed to Port OK."

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    At this stage, flat files containing the IDocs are in the directory location that you specify in the file port definition.

  8. Copy the flat files to a directory on the Oracle Identity Manager host computer.


    Note:

    In an Oracle Identity Manager cluster, copy the flat files to each node of the cluster.

3.4.2 Importing IDocs Into Oracle Identity Manager

The Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation" section discusses scheduled task attributes that you can use to customize the reconciliation process.

The Section 3.4.2.2, "Configuring the Scheduled Task for User Data Reconciliation" section describes the procedure to configure the scheduled task.

The Section 3.4.2.3, "Running the SAP HRMS Update Manager Scheduled Task" section describes the procedure to configure the scheduled task for reconciliation of Manager ID values.

3.4.2.1 Limited Reconciliation

By default, all target system records that are added or modified after the last reconciliation run are reconciled during the current incremental reconciliation run. For full reconciliation, all target system records are fetched into Oracle Identity Manager.

You configure segment filtering to specify the attributes whose values you want to fetch into Oracle Identity Manager. Similarly, you can configure limited reconciliation to specify the subset of target system records that must be fetched into Oracle Identity Manager.

You configure limited reconciliation by specifying a query condition as the value of the Custom Query attribute of the SAP HRMS User Recon and SAP HRMS Listener scheduled tasks.

You must use the following format to specify a value for the Custom Query attribute:

RESOURCE_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE_NAME=VALUE

For example, suppose you specify the following as the value of the Custom Query attribute:

Last Name=Doe

With this query condition, only records for users whose last name is Doe are considered for reconciliation.


Note:

IDocs for the records to which the query condition is applied have already been fetched to Oracle Identity Manager. The query condition only limits records that are sent to the Reconciliation Manager.

You can add multiple query conditions by using the ampersand (&) as the AND operator and the vertical bar (|) as the OR operator. For example, the following query condition is used to limit reconciliation to records of those users whose first name is John and last name is Doe:

First Name=John  & Last Name=Doe

To configure limited reconciliation:

  1. Ensure that the OIM User attribute that you want to use in the query exists in the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.AttributeMapping lookup definition. This lookup definition maps OIM User form fields with target system attributes.


    See Also:

    "Lookup.SAP.HRMS.AttributeMapping" for a listing of the default contents of this lookup definition

    If there is no entry in this lookup definition for the attribute that you want to use, then create an entry. See Section 4.1.2, "Adding Attributes" for more information.

  2. Ensure that the OIM User attribute that you want to use in the query exists in the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.CustomQueryMapping lookup definition. This lookup definition maps resource object fields with OIM User form fields. It is used during application of the query condition that you create.

    If there is no entry in this lookup definition for the attribute that you want to use, then create an entry.

  3. Create the query condition. Apply the following guidelines when you create the query condition:

    • Use only the equal sign (=), ampersand (&), and vertical bar (|) in the query condition. Do not include any other special characters in the query condition. Any other character that is included is treated as part of the value that you specify.

    • Add a space before and after ampersand and vertical bars used in the query condition. For example:

      First Name=John & Last Name=Doe

      This is to ensure to help the system distinguish between ampersands and vertical bars used in the query and the same characters included as part of attribute values specified in the query condition.

    • You must not include unnecessary blank spaces between operators and values in the query condition.

      A query condition with spaces separating values and operators would yield different results as compared to a query condition that does not contain spaces between values and operators. For example, the output of the following query conditions would be different:

      First Name=John & Last Name=Doe

      First Name= John & Last Name= Doe

      In the second query condition, the reconciliation engine would look for first name and last name values that contain a space at the start.

    • Ensure that attribute names that you use in the query condition are in the same case (uppercase and lowercase) as the case of values in the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.AttributeMapping and Lookup.SAP.HRMS.CustomQueryMapping lookup definitions. For example, the following query condition would fail:

      fiRst Name = John

  4. While configuring the SAP HRMS User Recon scheduled task, specify the query condition as the value of the Custom Query attribute. The procedure is described later in this chapter.

3.4.2.2 Configuring the Scheduled Task for User Data Reconciliation

The SAP HRMS User Recon scheduled task is used to transfer IDocs data from the file to the parser. The parser then converts this data into reconciliation events. Table 3-2 describes the attributes of this scheduled task. See Section 3.7, "Configuring Scheduled Tasks" for instructions on running the scheduled task.


Note:

In an Oracle Identity Manager cluster, the file is automatically deleted only from one node after the reconciliation run. You must manually delete the file from the other nodes.

The scheduled task connects to the target system during a full reconciliation run. You must ensure that connectivity to the target system is maintained during the reconciliation run.


Table 3-2 Attributes of the SAP HRMS User Recon Scheduled Task

Attribute Description

Attribute Mapping Lookup

Lookup.SAP.HRMS.AttributeMapping

Configuration lookup

This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition that stores configuration details.

Value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration

Note: For a particular target system installation, you must not change the value of this attribute. If you create and use a copy of the configuration lookup definition for a different installation of the target system, then you must enter then name of that lookup definition as the value of this attribute.

Custom Query

If you want to implement limited reconciliation, then enter the query condition that you create by following the instructions given in the Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation".

Custom Query Lookup

This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition that maps resource object fields with OIM User form fields. This lookup definition is used during application of the custom query. See Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation" for more information.Default value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.CustomQueryMapping

Employee Type Query

Use this attribute to specify the combination of employee group and subgroup for which you want fetch users for reconciliation.

You can use the following target system attributes to specify a value for the Employee Type Query attribute:

  • PERSG: This is the Employee Group attribute on the target system. In the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration lookup definition, this attribute is represented as follows:

    E2P0001001;PERSG;146;146
    
  • PERSK: This is the Employee Subgroup attribute on the target system. In the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration lookup definition, this attribute is represented as follows:

    E2P0001001;PERSK;147;148
    

The following is a sample value for the Employee Type Query attribute:

Group=1 & SubGroup=DU

When this employee type query is applied during reconciliation, only user records belonging to employee group 1 and subgroup DU are fetched for reconciliation.

Note: The guidelines for creating the employee type query are the same as those described in Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation".

File Archival

Enter yes if you want flat files used during full reconciliation to be archived. Enter no if you want the flat files to be deleted after data inside the files is reconciled.

File Archival Folder

Enter the full path and name of the directory in which you want flat files used during full reconciliation to be archived.

You must enter a value for the File Archival Folder attribute only if you specify yes as the value for the File Archival attribute.

IDoc Folder Path

Enter the path of the directory on the Oracle Identity Manager host computer into which you copy the file containing IDocs data.

Sample value: /usr/idocs_data

IT resource

Enter the name of the IT resource that you create by performing the procedure described in the Section 2.3.12.2, "Configuring the IT Resource" section.

Default value: SAP HRMS IT Resource

Resource Object

This attribute holds the name of the resource object.

Value: SAP HRMS Resource Object

Schedule Task Name

This attribute holds the name of the scheduled task.

Value: SAP HRMS User Recon

Note: For this scheduled task, you must not change the value of this attribute. However, if you create a copy of this scheduled task, then you must enter the unique name of that new reconciliation scheduled task as the value of the Schedule Task Name attribute in the copy of this scheduled task.


3.4.2.3 Running the SAP HRMS Update Manager Scheduled Task

Manager ID values might not be reconciled for some users at the end of a full reconciliation run. The following scenario illustrates this condition:

During a reconciliation run, suppose Mark's record was brought to Oracle Identity Manager before the record of Mark's manager. When this happens, the Manager ID attribute in Mark's record will remain empty.

In addition, when the manager of an organization is replaced by another manager, the change in Manager ID values is not automatically propagated to OIM User records of users who belong to that organization.

If you come across either of these issues, then you must configure and run the SAP HRMS Update Manager scheduled task.

Before you run this scheduled task, you must specify a value for the "Update users with empty manager id only" attribute:

  • Enter yes if you want the scheduled task to populate Manager ID values in OIM User records that do not have this value. Existing Manager ID values in other OIM User records are not modified.

  • Enter no if you want the scheduled task to fetch and populate Manager ID values for all OIM User records, regardless of whether the Manager ID attribute in these records currently contains a value.


Note:

You must ensure that the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.OrgHierarchy and Lookup.SAP.HRMS.OrgManager lookup definitions are updated before you run this scheduled task.

When it is run, this scheduled task performs the process described in Section 1.4.7, "Reconciliation of the Manager ID Attribute".

3.5 Performing Incremental Reconciliation

Performing incremental reconciliation involves the following tasks:

3.5.1 Specifying the Mode of Reconciliation in the Partner Profile

To change from full reconciliation to incremental reconciliation or from incremental reconciliation to full reconciliation:

  1. Run transaction WE20.

  2. Expand Partner Profiles, select Partner Type LS, and then double-click the partner profile that you created by performing the procedure described in Section 2.3.4.6, "Defining the Partner Profile".

    • In the Outbound Parameters table, double-click HRMD_A in the Message Type column.

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    • On the Outbound Options tab:

      • In the Receiver port:

        * For incremental reconciliation, select the tRFC port that you define by performing the procedure described in Section 2.3.4.8, "Creating the tRFC Port".

        * For full reconciliation, select the file port that you define by performing the procedure described in Section 2.3.4.5, "Creating the File Port".

      • In the Output Mode region, select one of the following options:

        * For incremental reconciliation, select either the Transfer IDocs immediately or the Collect IDocs option.

        * For full reconciliation, select the Collect IDocs option.

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  3. Click the Save icon.

3.5.2 Scheduling Jobs on the Target System for Incremental Reconciliation

While configuring the partner profile for incremental reconciliation, you can specify that you want IDocs to be created out of change docs at two-hour intervals. Alternatively, you can select the Collect IDocs option that lets you schedule a job to create IDocs out of change docs at specified time intervals.

Regardless of the option you select in the partner profile, you must schedule a job to generate IDocs:

  1. Run transaction SE38.

  2. Select the RBDMIDOC program, select the Variants option, and then click the Variants icon on the toolbar.

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  3. Select a variant, and then click Create.

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  4. In the Message type field, enter HRMD_A, and then click Attributes.

  5. Select the Only for background processing check box.

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  6. Click the Save icon.

  7. Run transaction SM36.

  8. Specify values for the following fields:

    • Job name: Enter a name for the job.

    • Job class: Specify a priority for the job.

      Job class is the priority in which jobs are processed. Class A is the highest priority

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  9. Click the Start condition button on the toolbar.

  10. In the Start Time dialog box, click Date/Time, and enter the required details.

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  11. Click the Step button on the toolbar.

  12. In the Create Step 1 dialog box, enter RBDMIDOC as the program name and then enter the name of the variant that you specified in Step 3 of this procedure.

  13. Click the Save icon.

Whether or not you must schedule a job to publish IDocs depends on the option that you select for IDocs transfer while creating the partner profile:

  • If you select the Transfer IDocs immediately option, then IDocs are transferred to the tRFC port as soon as they are created by the job built around the RBDMIDOC program.

  • If you select the Collect IDocs option in the partner profile, then schedule a job to publish IDocs by perform the procedure given in this section. While performing Steps 2 and 12 of the procedure, specify "RSEOUT00" as the program name instead of the RBDMIDOC program.

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3.5.3 Configuring the Listener on Oracle Identity Manager

The SAP HRMS Listener scheduled task is used to transfer IDocs data from the Java object the parser. Depending on the Oracle Identity Manager version that you are using, the following actions are performed:

  • On Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x:

    The parser converts IDocs data into reconciliation events. These reconciliation events are linked to the respective user accounts.

  • Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1:

    The parser converts IDocs data into reconciliation events. These reconciliation events have the Events Received status only and are not forwarded to the reconciliation manager for linking until the SAP HRMS Listener scheduled task is completed. Therefore, to link these reconciliation events to an OIM User while the SAP HRMS Listener scheduled task is running, you must run the Non Scheduled Batch Recon scheduled task.

Table 3-3 describes the attributes of this scheduled task.

Table 3-3 Attributes of the SAP HRMS Listener Scheduled Task

Attribute Description

Attribute Mapping Lookup

Lookup.SAP.HRMS.AttributeMapping

Configuration lookup

This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition that stores configuration details.

Value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration

Note: For a particular target system installation, you must not change the value of this attribute. If you create and use a copy of the configuration lookup definition for a different installation of the target system, then you must enter then name of that lookup definition as the value of this attribute.

Custom Query

If you want to implement limited reconciliation, then enter the query condition that you create by following the instructions given in the Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation".

Custom Query Lookup

This attribute holds the name of the lookup definition that maps resource object fields with OIM User form fields. This lookup definition is used during application of the custom query. See Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation" for more information.Default value: Lookup.SAP.HRMS.CustomQueryMapping

Employee Type Query

Use this attribute to specify the combination of employee group and subgroup for which you want fetch users for reconciliation.

You can use the following target system attributes to specify a value for the Employee Type Query attribute:

  • PERSG: This is the Employee Group attribute on the target system. In the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration lookup definition, this attribute is represented as follows:

    E2P0001001;PERSG;146;146
    
  • PERSK: This is the Employee Subgroup attribute on the target system. In the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.Configuration lookup definition, this attribute is represented as follows:

    E2P0001001;PERSK;147;148
    

The following is a sample value for the Employee Type Query attribute:

Group=1 & SubGroup=DU

When this employee type query is applied during reconciliation, only user records belonging to employee group 1 and subgroup DU are fetched for reconciliation.

Note: The guidelines for creating the employee type query are the same as those described in Section 3.4.2.1, "Limited Reconciliation".

IT resource

Enter the name of the IT resource that you create by performing the procedure described in the Section 2.3.12.2, "Configuring the IT Resource".

Default value: SAP HRMS IT Resource

Resource Object

This attribute holds the name of the resource object.

Value: SAP HRMS Resource Object

Schedule Task Name

This attribute holds the name of the scheduled task.

Value: SAP HRMS User Recon

Note: For this scheduled task, you must not change the value of this attribute. However, if you create a copy of this scheduled task, then you must enter the unique name of that new reconciliation scheduled task as the value of the Schedule Task Name attribute in the copy of this scheduled task.


3.5.4 Configuring Incremental Reconciliation of Manager ID Attribute Values

Manager ID values are reconciled when you run the SAP HRMS Update Manager scheduled task. Configure this scheduled task to run at periodic intervals and fetch manager ID values for OIM Users created through reconciliation. While configuring this scheduled task, enter no as the value of the "Update users with empty manager id only" attribute. With this value, the scheduled task fetches and populates Manager ID values for all OIM User records, regardless of whether the Manager ID attribute in these records already contains a value.

You set the value of this attribute to yes while performing the procedure described in Section 3.4.2.3, "Running the SAP HRMS Update Manager Scheduled Task."

3.6 Resending IDocs That Are Not Received by the Listener

As mentioned earlier in this guide, IDocs are generated and sent to Oracle Identity Manager regardless of whether or not the listener is running. Reconciliation events are not created for the IDocs that are sent to Oracle Identity Manager while the listener is unavailable. To ensure that all IDocs generated on the target system reach Oracle Identity Manager, perform the following procedures:

3.6.1 Configuring the Target System to Resend IDocs

To configure the target system for resending IDocs:

  1. Run transaction SM59.

  2. Select RFC Destinations, and then select TCP/IP Connections.

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  3. Double-click the tRFC port that you define earlier.

  4. Select the Destination and tRFC options.

  5. Specify values for the following variables:

    • Connection attempts up to task: Enter the number of attempts to be made to retry sending the iDoc.

    • Time betw. 2 tries [mins]

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  6. Click the Save icon.

3.6.2 Manually Sending IDocs

After an IDoc is sent to the tRFC port, its status is set to "03 Data transfer to port OK," regardless of whether or not the listener was available when the IDoc was sent.

To manually send IDocs to Oracle Identity Manager:

  1. Ensure that the listener is available.

    To check the listener program:

    1. Run transaction SMGW.

    2. From the GOTO menu, select Logged on Clients.

      Oracle Identity Manager should be displayed in the list of logged on clients.

    3. To confirm that the listener program is running on the Oracle Identity Manager side, verify that EFP_LIST is displayed in the TP Name column.

  2. Run transaction BD75.

    This transaction changes the status of all IDocs received by the listener to "12 Sent OK." After this transaction is run, the IDocs that are still at status "03 Data transfer to port OK" are the ones that were not received by the listener. The following screenshot shows a sample list of IDocs that are in status 03:

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  3. To resend IDocs that are at status "03 Data transfer to port OK," use one of the following approaches:

    • Run transaction SM58 for IDocs sent within the given date range. Status text is highlighted in red font for all IDocs that do not reach the listener. To resend each of these IDocs, click the IDoc and press F6.

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    • Specify a value for the date range parameter of the RBDAGAIN ABAP program, and then run the program.

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3.7 Configuring Scheduled Tasks

This section describes the procedure to configure scheduled tasks. You can apply this procedure to configure the scheduled tasks for lookup field synchronization and reconciliation.

Table 3-4 lists the scheduled tasks that you must configure.

Table 3-4 Scheduled Tasks for Lookup Field Synchronization and Reconciliation

Scheduled Task Description

SAP HRMS EmployeeType Lookup Recon

This scheduled task is used to fetch values of the Employee Group and Employee Subgroup attributes from the target system and populate them in the Code Key column of the Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType lookup definition. See the "Lookup.SAP.HRMS.EmployeeType" section for more information.

SAP HRMS User Recon

This scheduled task is used during full reconciliation. It parses the contents of the flat files containing IDocs and then creates reconciliation events for each record.

SAP HRMS Listener

This scheduled task is used during incremental reconciliation. It parses the contents of the IDocs received at the tRFC port and then creates reconciliation events for each record.

SAP HRMS Update Manager

See Section 3.4.2.3, "Running the SAP HRMS Update Manager Scheduled Task" for information about this scheduled task.


To configure a scheduled task:

  1. Log in to the Administrative and User Console.

  2. Depending on the Oracle Identity Manager release you are using, perform one of the following steps:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, expand Resource Management, and then click Manage Scheduled Task.

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then:

      1. On the Welcome to Oracle Identity Manager Self Service page, click Advanced.

      2. Click the System Management tab, and then click Scheduler.

      3. On the left pane, click Advanced Search.

  3. On the page that is displayed, enter the name of the scheduled task as the search criteria and then click Search.

    The list of scheduled tasks that match your search criteria is displayed in the search results table.

    The following screenshot shows the Scheduled Task Management page for Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x:

    Scheduled Task Management page
  4. Depending on the Oracle Identity Manager release you are using, perform one of the following steps:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, then in the search results table, click the Edit icon in the Edit column for the scheduled task.

      The following screenshot shows the Scheduled Task Details page:

      Scheduled Task Details page
    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then select the link for the scheduled task from the list of scheduled tasks displayed in the search results table.

  5. Modify the details of the scheduled task. To do so:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, then on the Edit Scheduled Task Details page, you can modify the following parameters:

      - Status: Specify whether you want to leave the task in the enabled state. In the enabled state, the task is ready for use.

      - Max Retries: Enter an integer value in this field. This number represents the number of times Oracle Identity Manager must attempt to complete the task before assigning the ERROR status to the task. The default value is 1.

      - Next Start: Use the date editor to specify the date when you want the task to run. After you select a date value in the date editor, you can modify the time value that is automatically displayed in the Next Start field.

      - Frequency: Specify the frequency at which you want the task to run.

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then on the Job Details tab, you can modify the following parameters:

      - Retries: Enter an integer value in this field. This number represents the number of times the scheduler tries to start the job before assigning the Stopped status to the job.

      - Schedule Type: Depending on the frequency at which you want the job to run, select the appropriate schedule type.


      Note:

      See Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Identity Manager for detailed information about schedule types.

  6. After modifying the values for the scheduled task details listed in the previous step, perform one of the following steps:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, then click Continue.

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then perform the next step.

  7. Specify values for the attributes of the scheduled task. To do so:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, then select each attribute from the Attribute list, specify a value in the field provided, and then click Update.

      The following screenshot shows the Attributes page. The attributes of the scheduled task that you select for modification are displayed on this page.

      Attributes page
    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then on the Job Details tab, under the Parameters section, specify values for the attributes of the scheduled task.


    Note:

    Attribute values are predefined in the connector XML file that is imported during the installation of the connector. Specify values only for the attributes that you want to change.

  8. After specifying the attributes, perform one of the following steps:

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.x, then click Save Changes to save the changes.


      Note:

      The Stop Execution option is not available in the Administrative and User Console. If you want to stop a task, then click Stop Execution on the Task Scheduler form of the Design Console.

    • If you are using Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.1, then click Apply to save the changes.