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B SPML Attributes and LDAP Mappings, and Oracle Identity Manager Attributes

The SPML XSD Web Service uses Oracle Identity Manager as a back-end service to provide provisioning functionality to Fusion applications. A key building block of the SPML Web Service is the SPML Provisioning Service Object (PSO), which defines the object to be provisioned. Examples of PSO are identity and role.

This appendix shows the supported PSO attributes and their LDAP mappings, and explains the character restrictions on Oracle Identity Manager attributes. Finally, it describes additional operational data that the application can pass to the SPML Web Service. It contains the following sections:

B.1 Identity PSO Attributes

Table B-1 shows identity attributes supported by the SPML implementation in Oracle Identity Manager and how these attributes map to LDAP objects/attributes.

Note:

The syntax column lists relevant attribute properties such as the type, required, and so on.

Table B-1 Identity PSO Attributes

SPML Attribute Name Syntax Description LDAP Mapping (Oracle Internet Directory)

ID

String, Read-Only, Required, Single

The identifier used to identify a user for modify request.

orclUserV2: orclguid

activeEndDate

Timestamp, Single

Termination time and date for the user

orclUserV2: orclActiveEndDate

activeStartDate

Timestamp, Single

Activation time and date for the user

orclUserV2: orclActiveStartDate

commonName

String,

Required

The common names of the person, typically the person's full name and any variations of the same.

person: cn

countryName

String, Single

The business country of the person, expressed as a two-letter [ISO3166] country code.

orclUserV2: c

departmentNumber

String, Single

Codes for the departments within an organization to which this person belongs. This can be strictly numeric or alphanumeric.

inetOrgPerson: departmentNumber

description

String, Single

Human-readable descriptive phrases about the person.

person: description

displayName

String, Single, MLS

The preferred name to use when displaying an entry for the person.

Provides MultiLingual Support (MLS) and also accepts language values for locale, for example "en" and "fr".

inetOrgPerson: displayName

employeeNumber

String, Single

Numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a person, typically based on order of hire or association with an organization.

inetOrgPerson: employeeNumber

employeeType

String, Single

Identifies the type of employee. For the list of valid values see Table B-2.

inetOrgPerson: employeeType

facsimileTelephoneNumber

String, Single

Telephone numbers for the person's business facsimile (FAX) terminals.

organizationalPerson: facsimileTelephoneNumber

generationQualifier

String, Single

Name strings that are typically the suffix part of the person's name (e.g. "III", "3rd", "Jr.").

N/A

givenName

String, Single

Name strings that are part of a person's name that is not their surname (for example, first name).

inetOrgPerson: givenName

hireDate

Timestamp, Single

Date of hire.

orclUserV2: orclHireDate

homePhone

Single, String

Home telephone numbers associated with the person.

inetOrgPerson:homePhone

homePostalAddress

Single, String

The home postal addresses of the person.

inetOrgPerson: homePostalAddress

initials

String, Single

Some or all of an individual's names, except the surname(s)

inetOrgPerson: initials

localityName

Single, String

Names of a business locality or place, such as a city, county, or other geographic region.

N/A

mail

Single, String

Business Internet mail addresses of the person in Mailbox [RFC2821] form.

inetOrgPerson: mail

manager

Single, String

The manager of the person.

N/A

middleName

String, Single

The middle names of the person.

orclUserV2: middleName

mobile

Single, String

Mobile telephone numbers associated with the person.

inetOrgPerson: mobile

organization

String, Single

Name of an organization—for example, my_company.

organization

organizationUnit

String, Single

Name of a unit within an organization, for example, IT Support.

organizationalUnitName

pager

Single, String

The business pager telephone numbers of the person.

inetOrgPerson: pager

password

String, Single

Password of the user.

person: userPassword

postalAddress

String, Single

Business addresses used by a Postal Service to perform services for the person.

organizationalPerson: postalAddress

postalCode

String, Single

Codes used by a Postal Service to identify postal service zones of the person's business.

organizationalPerson: postalCode

postOfficeBox

String, Single

Postal box identifiers that a Postal Service uses when a customer arranges to receive mail at a box on the premises of the Postal Service.

organizationalPerson: postOfficeBox

preferredLanguage

String, Single

The preferred written or spoken language for the person. This is useful for international correspondence or human-computer interaction. Values for this attribute type MUST conform to the definition of the Accept-Language header field defined in [RFC2068] with one exception: the sequence "Accept-Language" ":" should be omitted.

inetOrgPerson: preferredLanguage

state

String, Single

Full names of business states or provinces of the person.

organizationalPerson: st

street

String, Single

Site information from a business postal address (that is, the street name, place, avenue, and the house number) of the person.

organizationalPerson: street

surname

String, Single

Name strings for the family names (last name) of the person.

person: sn

telephoneNumber

String, Single

Business telephone number of the person

organizationalPerson: telephoneNumber

title

String, Single

Title of the person in their organizational context.

organizationalPerson: title

username

String, Single

Computer system login names associated with the person.

uid

userType

String, Single

The type of user. This attribute is used to provide Design Console access to the end-users. The allowed values are true and false.

 

Table B-2 shows the valid values for the employeeType attribute:

Table B-2 Valid Values of employeeType

Value Meaning

Full-Time

Full-Time Employee

Part-Time

Part-Time Employee

Temp

Temp

Intern

Intern

Consultant

Consultant

Contractor

Contractor

EMP

Employee

CWK

Contingent Worker

NONW

Non Worker

OTHER

Other Employee Type


Note:

Oracle Identity Manager passes only the codes shown in the Value column; the meaning of each code is shown for reference.

B.1.1 Custom Identity Attributes

Custom attributes are provided to support Oracle Identity Manager functionality; these attributes are present in Oracle Identity Manager (such as when a user-defined field is added) but not in the PSO.

The custom attribute name must match the attribute name specified in the corresponding request dataset for the mapping to work end-to-end.

Here are some examples of custom attributes:

...
<data>
<pso:identity>
 <pso:attributes>
 <pso:attr name="Number Format">
 <pso:value>#,##0.##[.,]</pso:value>
</pso:attr>
 <pso:attr name="Currency">
 <pso:value>USD</pso:value>
</pso:attr>
</attributes>
...

B.2 Role PSO Attributes

Table B-3 lists the role attributes supported by the SPML implementation in Oracle Identity Manager and how these attributes map to LDAP objects/attributes.

Table B-3 PSO Role Attributes

Attribute Name Syntax Description

ID

String, Read-Only, Required, Single

The PSO identifier that uniquely identifies a role. Usually directory GUID.

commonName

String, Required, MLS

The common name of the role.

description

Single

Human readable role description

displayName

String, Single, MLS

The preferred name to use when displaying an entry for the role.


B.2.1 Custom Role Attributes

Custom attributes are provided to support Oracle Identity Manager functionality; these attributes are present in Oracle Identity Manager but not in the PSO.

The custom attribute name must match the attribute name specified in the corresponding request dataset for the mapping to work end-to-end.

Here is an example of a custom role attribute:

...
<pso:attributes>
<pso:attr name="Role Category Name">
<pso:value>Cat1</pso:value>
</pso:attr>
...

Role Category Name is a special custom role attribute. It is the namespace for the roles. Each role belongs to a role category. This can be specified while creating a new role. If not specified, then the Default role category is selected. Each role category and role name uniquely identifies a role.

B.3 Preference Attributes

Table B-4 lists the preference attributes supported by the SPML implementation in Oracle Identity Manager:

Table B-4 Preference Attributes

Attribute Name Syntax Description LDAP Mapping

Number Format

String

The format to display numbers

orclNumberFormat

Values are:

#,##0.##[.,]

#,##0.###[\u00A0,]

#,##0.###

#,##0.###;#,##0.###-

#,##0.###[.,]

#,##0.###;(#,##0.###)[.,]

#,##0.##[\u00A0,]

#,##0.###['.]

#,##0.###[',]

Currency

String

The symbol that must be used for currency

orclCurrency

Sample values are:

USD

YUN

NZD

INR

Date Format

String

The format to display the date

orclDateFormat

Values are:

MM-dd-yyyy

MM-dd-yy

MM.dd.yyyy

MM.dd.yy

MM/dd/yyyy

MM/dd/yy

M-d-yyyy

M-d-yy

M.d.yyyy

M.d.yy

M/d/yyyy

M/d/yy

dd-MM-yyyydd-MM-yy

d-M-yyyy

d-M-yy

dd.MM.yyyy

dd.MM.yy

d.M.yyyy

d.M.yy

dd/MM/yyyy

dd/MM/yy

d/M/yyyy

d/M/yy

yyyy-MM-dd

yy-MM-dd

yyyy-M-d

yy-M-d

yyyy.MM.dd

yy.MM.dd

yyyy.M.d

yy.M.d

yy. M. d

yyyy/MM/dd

yy/MM/dd

yyyy/M/d

yy/M/d

Time Format

String

The format to display the time

orclTimeFormat

Values are:

HH.mm

HH.mm.ss

HH:mm

HH:mm:ss

H:mm

H:mm:ss

H.mm

H.mm.ss

a hh.mm

a hh.mm.ss

a hh:mm

a hh:mm:ss

ah:mm

ah:mm:ss

hh.mm a

hh.mm.ss a

hh:mm a

hh:mm:ss a

Embedded Help

String

Whether or not to show embedded help

orclEmbeddedHelp

Values are:

true

false

Font Size

String

The size of the font

orclFontSize

Values are:

LARGE

MEDIUM

Color Constrast

String

Constrast of the color

orclColorContrast

Values are:

STANDARD

HIGH

Accessibility Mode

String

Accessibility mode for the user

orclAccessibilityMode

Values are:

screenReader

inaccessible

default

FA Language

String

The default preference language

orclFALanguage

User Name Preferred Language

String

The preference language of the user used to only show the display name of the user in that language

Note: The value set for this attribute is not used in Oracle Identity Manager.

orclDisplayNameLanguagePreference


B.4 Special Character Restrictions in Oracle Identity Manager Attributes

This section lists character restrictions applicable to Oracle Identity Manager attributes. Failure to observe these restrictions will cause errors when performing operations with attributes.

B.4.1 Characters Available in All Attributes

Alphanumeric characters (a through z, A through Z, and 0 through 9) and the underscore character (_) can be used in all Oracle Identity Manager attributes.

B.4.2 Special Characters in the Password Field

The following special characters can be used in the Password field:

  • Percent sign ( % )

  • Plus sign ( + )

  • Equal sign ( = )

  • Comma ( , )

  • Backslash ( \ )

  • Single quotation mark ( ' )

  • Slash ( / )

  • Vertical bar ( | )

B.4.3 Usage of Single Quotation Mark

The single quotation mark ( ' ) can be used only in the following attributes:

  • Login

  • Manager ID

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Middle Name

  • Group Name

  • Organization Name

  • Resource Name

B.4.4 Usage of Semicolon

The semicolon ( ; ) can be used only in access policy names.

B.4.5 Unsupported Special Characters

The following special characters are not supported in any Oracle Identity Manager attribute:

  • Period ( . )

  • Number sign ( # )

  • Slash ( / )

  • Percent sign ( % )

  • Equal sign ( = )

  • Vertical bar ( | )

  • Plus sign ( + )

  • Comma ( , )

  • Backslash ( \ )

  • Double quotation mark ( " )

  • Less than symbol ( < )

  • Greater than symbol ( > )

B.5 Operation Data

Requesting application such as HCM Fusion Application will act as a SPML requestor. In addition to PSO data, the application can also pass some operational data to the SPML Web Service. This section describes how applications can pass the operation data.

B.5.1 Passing Operation Data

It is possible to pass a requestor ID for each operation. When the Fusion application supplies credentials in a request, that is an application ID. For auditing purposes, it is also possible to pass a requestor ID. Oracle Identity Manager audits this ID, instead of the application ID, as the actual requestor of the operation.

Along with the requestorID, a justification for the request can also be specified.

The following is an example of the operation data:

...
</pso:identity>
</data>
<capabilityData
capabilityURI="http://xmlns.oracle.com/idm/identity/OperationData"
mustUnderstand="true">
<operationData
xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/idm/identity/OperationData" requestorGUID="1"
justification="i need this account">
</capabilityData>
</addRequest>

B.5.2 Passing Reference Data

The application is also required to pass some reference data to SPML so that when a callback is received, it can be identified with the reference data for the callback in context. This is pass-through data, which is ignored by Oracle Identity Manager, but will be returned in the callback.

The following is an example that contains the <LdapRequestId>:

...
...
</pso:identity>
</data>
<capabilityData
capabilityURI="http://xmlns.oracle.com/idm/identity/OperationData"
mustUnderstand="true">
<operationData
xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/idm/identity/OperationData" requestorGUID="1"
justification="i need this account">
<LdapRequestId
xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/apps/hcm/users/ldapRequestService/">102329090340
</operationData>
</capabilityData>
</addRequest>