Creating LDAP Entry Activity

Use create activity to create entry or entries on LDAP Server. A LDAP Entry consist of set of attributes which defines the Entry.

Using the create activity:

  1. Right-click Orchestration in the Project pane and click New Orchestration to create or open an orchestration. The orchestration pane is displayed.
  2. Select the Activities tab and expand the LDAP folder.
  3. Drag Create Entry activity from the LDAP folder onto the orchestration. The graphical representation of the orchestration, including the checklist is displayed.
  4. The Checklist pane lists the tasks (Summary, Pick Endpoint, Configure, Map inputs, Map outputs) that you must complete to configure the activity.
    1. Click on Pick Endpoint to select an LDAP endpoint.
      Note: For instructions on creating or editing a LDAP endpoint, see Creating or Editing Endpoint for LDAP connector.
    2. Click Configure from the Checklist. The Configure pane is displayed. Complete the following steps to configure Create Entry activity:
      1. Click Browse button to select an Base-Dn from the Browse DIT pane. The Browse LDAP Entry panel displays all the entries from the selected LDAP server.
        Note: If you have configured the Base-Dn property in the endpoint panel then Browse LDAP Entry displays children of Base-Dn alone or else it displays all the entries from the root of the LDAP directory.
      2. Click Browse button to select an Object class(es) from the Browse LDAP Object Class pane. The Browse LDAP Object Class panel displays all the Object Classes on the selected LDAP Server. LDAP object class(es) defines the attributes of an Entry. An Entry object can have superset of attributes from 2 or more object classes. Select all the object classes which will collectively represent all attributes of the Entry you are going to create.

Specifying the map inputs for create activity

Click Map Input from the Checklist pane. The input parameters for the specific LDAP activity are displayed under the To Activity pane.
Note: Whole request object is an array type which allow users to create multiple entries by using same request and the additionalAttributes section by providing the Attribute names, its type and attribute values.
Table 1. Map Input Optional Parameter
Parameter Name Descrtiption
baseDn Point under which new entry to be created
RDN Relative Distinguished Names(RDN). RDN of an object is the part of the name that is an attribute of the object itself (the part of the object name that identifies this object as unique from its siblings at its current level in the naming hierarchy)
objectClasses To specify additional object classes and its attribute(s) which are not part of the map inputs structure during runtime, use ObjectClasses element to provide the Object class name(s). The element objectClasses is an array type so that you can specify multiple values.
entryAttributes LDAP Entry Attributes type provides structured content type to create an Entry in the LDAP server. The Entry Attributes element type is created from the set of attributes derived using Object Class(es) specified in the configure panel
additionalAttributes Additional Attributes type can be used when user wants to specify additional set attributes and their values outside the selected object classes during runtime. The element additionalAttributes is an array type so that user can specify multiple additional attributes. The element additionalAttributes is a complex type element through which user can specify attribute name, its type and values (values itself an array type allowing user to specify set of values for the given attribute)

Specifying the map outputs create activity

Click Map output from the Checklist pane. The output parameters for the LDAP Create activity are displayed under the From Activity pane. Some of the common output parameters are defined in the following table
Table 2. Create Activity common output parameters
Parameter Name Description
baseDn Return Base Dn if successful
RDN Return RDN if successful
resultCode LDAP Result code
resultMessage LDAP Result Message
Note: You can create multiple Entries using create entry activity.



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