You can extend the functionality of the connector to address your specific business requirements.
Note:
From Oracle Identity Manager Release 11.1.2 onward, lookup queries are not supported. See Managing Lookups in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle Identity Manager for information about managing lookups by using the Form Designer in Oracle Identity System Administration.
The connector provides a default set of attribute mappings for reconciliation between Oracle Identity Manager and the target system. If required, you can add new user or group attributes for reconciliation.
By default, the attributes listed in Table 3-7 are mapped for reconciliation between Oracle Identity Manager and the target system.
The following topics discuss the procedure to add new attributes for users:
You can create an entry for the newly added attribute in the lookup definition that holds attribute mappings for reconciliation.
To create an entry for the newly added attribute in the lookup definition:
The connector provides a default set of attribute mappings for provisioning between Oracle Identity Manager and the target system. If required, you can add new user attributes for provisioning.
The default attribute mappings for provisioning are listed in Table 3-10.
The following topics provide details on adding new user attributes for provisioning:
Note:
If you have already added an attribute for reconciliation, then you need not repeat steps performed as part of that procedure.
You can create an entry for the newly added attribute in the lookup definition that holds attribute mappings for provisioning.
To create an entry for the newly added attribute in the lookup definition:
You can configure validation of reconciled and provisioned single-valued data according to your requirements.
For example, you can validate data fetched from the First Name attribute to ensure that it does not contain the number sign (#). In addition, you can validate data entered in the First Name field on the process form so that the number sign (#) is not sent to the target system during provisioning operations. For data that fails the validation check, the following message is displayed or recorded in the log file: Validation failed for attribute ATTRIBUTE_NAME.
To configure validation of data:
You can configure transformation of reconciled single-valued account data according to your requirements. For example, you can use First Name and Last Name values to create a value for the Full Name field in Oracle Identity Manager.
To configure transformation of single-valued account data fetched during reconciliation:
You must create copies of the connector to configure it for multiple installations of the target system.
The following example illustrates this requirement:
The London and New York offices of Example Multinational Inc. have their own installations of the target system. The company has recently installed Oracle Identity Manager, and they want to configure Oracle Identity Manager to link all the installations of the target system.
To meet the requirement posed by such a scenario, you must create copies of the connector. See Cloning Connectors in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle Identity Manager.
Defining a connector is equivalent to registering the connector with Oracle Identity Manager. You can define a customized or reconfigured connector using Oracle Identity System Administration. After you define a connector, a record representing the connector is created in the Oracle Identity Manager database.
A connector is automatically defined when you install it using the Install Connectors feature or when you upgrade it using the Upgrade Connectors feature. You must manually define a connector if:
You import the connector by using the Deployment Manager.
You customize or reconfigure the connector.
You upgrade Oracle Identity Manager.
The following events take place when you define a connector:
A record representing the connector is created in the Oracle Identity Manager database. If this record already exists, then it is updated.
The status of the newly defined connector is set to Active. In addition, the status of a previously installed release of the same connector automatically is set to Inactive.
See Defining Connectors in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle Identity Manager.