Creating an Action File

Keep the following items in mind when creating an action file.

• If you change any variable names in the Identity Manager Resource Attribute column on the schema map, you must change the names in this object as well.

• Because the actions are included in an XML expression, some characters must be escaped. Escape these characters as follows:

  & (ampersand): &

  < (less than): &lt;

• On UNIX resources, spaces in attribute names are replaced with _ (underscore). On Windows resources, spaces are maintained.

• Multi-valued attributes consist of a comma-separated list, as in:

  WSUSER_groups=staff,admin,users

• Gateway-based adapters use a pipe-delimited list for multi-valued attributes. For example:

  WSUSER_NotesGroups=group1|group2|group3

• On Active Directory resources, actions are run using the Windows command interpreter cmd.exe with extensions enabled.

  Actions that run before a user operation must return a zero value. Otherwise, the operation is aborted.

• A Javascript is assumed to have completed successfully unless it throws an exception.