1.3 Data Transfer Between Systems

There are two data transfer channels between the OpenText Identity Vault and the connected application:

  • Publisher Channel: Transfers data and events from the connected application to the OpenText Identity Vault. The Sentinel Identity Tracking driver does not support this channel.

  • Subscriber Channel: Transfers data and events from the OpenText Identity Vault to the connected application. The Sentinel Identity Tracking driver supports only data transfers from the Identity Vault to Sentinel. Communication is one-way only.

    The Subscriber channel does the following:

    • Watches for additions and modifications to the Identity Vault objects.

    • Makes changes to Sentinel's internal representation of Identities and Accounts that reflect those changes.

    Figure 1-3 Data Transfer Between Systems