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Creating an alias ID (Properties)

Alias IDs enable you to associate a property or class in one object store with an equivalent property or class in another object store.

About this task

By assigning alias IDs, you enable support for multi-object store searches.

Only user-defined and built-in properties and classes can be aliased. System classes cannot be aliased.

An object in one object store can be aliased only to one object in another object store. The mapping must be one-to-one between object stores. Aliasing creates an association between objects in different object stores that are functionally identical, and there should be only one of those in each object store.

Tip: When entering an alias ID, include the curly braces,{}. These braces are part of the Primary ID.

To perform a cross object store search and retrieve the same value for equivalent properties in each of the object stores, create an alias between the properties.

Note:  If you add an alias ID to a property template already assigned to a class, the alias ID is not automatically applied to that class property. You must manually assign the alias ID to the class property.

Procedure

To assign an alias ID to a property:

  1. In administration console, expand the object store containing the property template that you are assigning an alias ID to.
  2. Expand the Property Templates node and select a property template.
  3. Select the Properties tab, go to Alias ID list, and click Display or Edit Value.
  4. Enter the Primary ID (GUID) of the property template you are aliasing in the Display or Edit Value dialog and click Add.
  5. Click OK to apply the new alias ID.


Last updated: March 2016
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