What's New in Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Google Apps?

These are the updates made to the software and documentation for the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Google Apps in release 11.1.1.7.0.

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

Software Updates

These are the updates made to the connector software.

The following section discusses software updates:

Software Updates in Release 11.1.1.7.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.7.0 of the connector.

The following are the software updates in release 11.1.1.7.0:

Connector Redesigned to Use the New Directory API

In the earlier releases, this connector used the Google Apps Provisioning APIs to connect to the target system and perform connector operations. From this release onward, the connector uses the Admin SDK's Directory API.

Support for Oracle Identity Manager 11g Release 2 PS2

From this release onward, the connector can be installed and used on 11g Release 2 PS2 (11.1.2.2.0) and any later BP in this release track. This Oracle Identity Manager version is mentioned in Certified Components.

Support for Batched Reconciliation

From this release onward, this connector supports batched reconciliation. See Batched Reconciliation for more information.

Support for Group Provisioning and Reconciliation

From this release onward, this connector supports provisioning and reconciliation of groups. See the following sections for more information:

Support for Provisioning Users to Organizations

From this release onward, you can provision users to specific organizations. The Org Unit Path field has been added to the OIM User form to enable provisioning of users to organizations.

Support for Connector Operations in Multiple Domains

The connector can be configured to perform connector operations in more than one domain by specifying a value for the supportMultipleDomain entry of the Lookup.Configuration.GoogleApps lookup definition.

See the following sections for more information:

Software Updates in Release 11.1.1.6.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.6.0 of the connector.

The following are issues resolved in release 11.1.1.6.0:

Bug Number Issue Resolution

12380539

Reconciliation event of the emptied target child table was ignored.

This issue has been resolved.

12420420

WebLogic logging configuration was ignored.

This issue has been resolved.

16530509

There was no tagging of the AccountName, AccountID, Entitlement and ITResource properties for the process form fields of the target systems.

This issue has been resolved. The AccountName, AccountID, Entitlement and ITResource properties of the process form fields have been tagged.

Software Updates in Release 11.1.1.5.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.5.0 of the connector.

This is the first release of the Oracle Identity Manager connector for GoogleApps based on ICF architecture. Therefore, there are no software updates in this release.

Documentation-Specific Updates

These are the updates made to the connector documentation.

The following section discusses documentation-specific updates:

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 11.1.1.7.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.7.0 of the connector.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "18" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

The "Oracle Identity Governance or Oracle Identity Manager" row of Certified Components has been updated to include support for Oracle Identity Governance release 12c PS4 (12.2.1.4.0).

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "17" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

The "Oracle Identity Manager" row of Certified Components has been renamed as "Oracle Identity Governance or Oracle Identity Manager" and also updated for Oracle Identity Governance 12c (12.2.1.3.0) certification.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "16" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

  • Oracle Identity Manager interface names have been corrected throughout the document.

  • Preinstallation on the Target System has been modified to include a high-level summary of steps to be performed on the target system. As a result, the following sections have been removed:

    • Registering the Client Application

    • Activating API Services

    • Creating a Service Account

    • Adding Scopes for the Client Application

    • Creating a Target System User Account for Connector Operations

    • Enabling Administrative API for Google Apps Business Domain

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "15" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

Upgrading the Connector has been updated.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "14" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

The "Oracle Identity Manager" row of Certified Components has been updated.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "13" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

A "Note" has been added at the beginning of Extending the Functionality of the Connector.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "12" of release 11.1.1.7.0:

A screenshot in Section 2.1.2.4, "Adding Scopes for the Client Application" has been modified.

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in revision "11" of the guide:

  • Certified Languages has been updated.

  • The "Downloading Google Apps Third Party Libraries" section has been renamed to "Downloading and Copying Google Apps Third-Party Libraries. In addition, this section has been modified.

  • Section 2.1.2.5, "Creating a Target System User Account for Connector Operations" has been modified.

  • The "Enabling Administrative API for Google Apps Business Domain" section has been replaced with Section 2.1.2.6, "Enabling Administrative API for Google Apps Business Domain."

  • The following sections have been added:

    • Section 2.1.2.1, "Registering the Client Application"

    • Section 2.1.2.2, "Activating API Services"

    • Section 2.1.2.3, "Creating a Service Account"

    • Section 2.1.2.4, "Adding Scopes for the Client Application"

    • Section 2.1.2.6, "Enabling Administrative API for Google Apps Business Domain"

    • Full Reconciliation

    • Guidelines on Performing Provisioning Operations

  • Section 5.1.1, " Google Apps Target User Delete Recon Scheduled Job Revokes All Accounts Provisioned by the Secondary IT Resource" has been removed as it is no longer an issue.

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 11.1.1.6.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.6.0 of the connector.

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 11.1.1.5.0

These are the updates made to Release 11.1.1.5.0 of the connector.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in the revision "3" of the release 11.1.1.5.0:

The following documentation-specific update has been made in the revision "4" of the release 11.1.1.5.0:

  • Installation includes connector installation scenarios depending on where you want to run the connector code (bundle), either locally in Oracle Identity Manager or remotely in a Connector Server.

The following documentation-specific update has been made in the revision "5" of the release 11.1.1.5.0:

The following documentation-specific update has been made in the revision "6" of the release 11.1.1.5.0: