8.7 Managing a Copy of an Application Schema

The Identity Manager engine currently uses the application schema for the following:

  • DirXML Script uses the dn-format/dn-delims to figure out how to parse or convert DNs coming from and going to the application.

  • To set the multi-valued flag on attributes that are used during the attribute merge process that happens as part of a match, resync, or migrate.

8.7.1 Editing an Application’s Schema

Designer enables you to manage a copy of the managed system’s schema. You can make changes to a copy of the application schema so that you can test the Identity Manager drivers in Designer. The schema changes cannot be deployed into the live application schema.

  1. Right-click the driver connection in Designer, then select Manage Application Schema.

  2. Add, rename, or delete the application’s classes or attributes, then click OK.

    A list of attributes for an example class

    DN Format: Specifies the separator character used when specifying distinguished names. For example, admin.utah.novell.com.

    Classes: Lists all of the classes stored in Designer from the application’s schema.

    Add a class: Adds a new class.

    Rename class: Renames the selected class.

    Delete class: Deletes the selected class.

    Refresh application schema: Provides a new copy of the application’s schema.This option is useful if the application schema changes.

    Help: Launches the Help documentation for the Manage Schema tool.

    Flags Container: Specifies whether the class is a container.

    ASN1: The unique ID of the class.

    Attributes of This Class: Lists all of the attributes stored in Designer for the selected class from the application’s schema.

    Add an attribute: Adds a new attribute for the selected class.

    Rename attribute: Renames the selected attribute.

    Delete attribute: Deletes the selected attribute.

    Flags: Specifies the details of the attribute. To edit the flags, select an attribute.

    Type: Specifies the syntax of the attribute. To view the syntax, select an attribute. To change the syntax, select an option from the drop-down list.

8.7.2 Refreshing the Application Schema

If the application schema changes, you can get a new copy of the application’s schema by refreshing the application schema.

NOTE:An application schema is not automatically imported by default. You can always perform a refresh application schema operation on a particular application after the project has been imported.

  1. Right-click the driver connection, then select Live > Refresh Application Schema.

    The Refresh Application Schema menu option

  2. Click the browse icon.

    The Browse icon

  3. Browse to and select the server where the driver is installed, then click OK twice.