1.8 Connector Features
The features of the connector include full and incremental reconciliation, limited reconciliation, transformation and validation of account data, and others.
1.8.1 Support for Full Reconciliation
In full reconciliation, all records are fetched from the target system to Oracle Identity Governance.
You can switch to full reconciliation at any time after you deploy the connector. For more information on performing full reconciliation runs, see Performing Full Reconciliation.
1.8.2 Support for Limited (Filtered) Reconciliation
You can reconcile records from the target system based on a specified filter criterion.
You can set a reconciliation filter as the value of the Filter Query attribute of the user reconciliation scheduled job. This filter specifies the subset of newly added and modified target system records that must be reconciled. The Filter Query attribute helps you to assign filters to the web services based on which you will get a filtered response from the target system.
For more information on performing limited reconciliation, see Performing Full Reconciliation.
1.8.3 Support for the Connector Server
Connector Server is one of the features provided by ICF. By using one or more connector servers, the connector architecture permits your application to communicate with externally deployed bundles
A Java connector server is useful when you do not wish to execute a Java connector bundle in the same VM as your application. It can be beneficial to run a Java connector on a different host for performance improvements.
For information about installing, configuring, and running the Connector Server, and then installing the connector in a Connector Server, see Using an Identity Connector Server in Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing and Customizing Applications for Oracle Identity Governance.
1.8.4 Transformation and Validation of Account Data
You can configure transformation and validation of account data that is brought into or sent from Oracle Identity Governance during reconciliation and provisioning operations by writing Groovy scripts while creating your application.
For more information, see Managing Application OnBoarding in Oracle Fusion Middleware Performing Self Service Tasks with Oracle Identity Governance.
1.8.5 Support for Cloning Applications and Creating Instance Applications
You can configure this connector for multiple installations of the target system by cloning applications or by creating instance applications.
When you clone an application, all the configurations of the base application are copied into the cloned application. When you create an instance application, it shares all configurations as the base application.
For more information about these configurations, see Cloning Applications and Creating an Instance Application in Oracle Fusion Middleware Performing Self Service Tasks with Oracle Identity Governance.
1.8.6 Secure Communication to the Target System
To provide secure communication to the target system, SSL is required. You can configure SSL between Oracle Identity Governance and the Connector Server and between the Connector Server and the target system.
If you do not configure SSL, passwords can be transmitted over the network in clear text. For example, this problem can occur when you are creating a user or modifying a user's password.
For more information, see Configuring SSL.