Sun Identity Manager Deployment Guide

Load Operation Context

The following table provides information about the common Identity Manager processes or tasks related to the load operations category.

Table 3–2 Load Operations Processes/Tasks

Process or Task 

How it is Used 

Namespace  

Load from File

Retrieves account information from a CVS or XML file (invoked through Administrator Interface). 

Identity Manager reads a WSUser object from a file, converts it to the User view, and applies the form. The attributes are processed as if they were extended attributes of the Identity Manager user. Attributes are put in accounts[Lighthouse] and will only be put under the global attribute if the form defines global fields for each of them.

All attribute values for each line in the file are pulled into the global namespace: 

global.<attr name>

Note: Applies to create operations only.

Load from Resource

Retrieves account information from a particular resource (invoked through Administrator Interface and uses an adapter to list and fetch accounts). 

All attribute values for each account on the resource are pulled into the global namespace. 

global.<LHS Attr Name>

Note: Applies to create operations only.

Bulk Operations

Retrieves commands and User view data from a CVS file (invoked through Administrator Interface). 

You can specify any attribute in the User view namespace. Attribute names are specified using the view path syntax. See Understanding the User View in Sun Identity Manager Deployment Reference for more information about the User view namespace and view path syntax

Attribute values from the file are pulled into the global namespace: 

  • accounts[*].*

  • waveset.*

  • accountInfo.*

  • global.*

    Note: There is no authorized session available.