A.2 Global Configuration Values

Global configuration values (GCVs) are values that can be used by the driver to control functionality. GCVs are defined on the driver or on the driver set. Driver set GCVs can be used by all drivers in the driver set. Driver GCVs can be used only by the driver on which they are defined.

The Ellucian Banner driver includes several predefined GCVs. You can also add your own if you discover you need additional ones as you implement policies in the driver.

To access the driver’s GCVs in iManager:

  1. Click to display the Identity Manager Administration page.

  2. Open the driver set that contains the driver whose properties you want to edit.

    1. In the Administration list, click Identity Manager Overview.

    2. If the driver set is not listed on the Driver Sets tab, use the Search In field to search for and display the driver set.

    3. Click the driver set to open the Driver Set Overview page.

  3. Locate the driver icon, click the upper right corner of the driver icon to display the Actions menu, then click Edit Properties.

    or

    To add a GCV to the driver set, click Driver Set, then click Edit Driver Set properties.

To access the driver’s GCVs in Designer:

  1. Open a project in the Modeler.

  2. Right-click the driver icon or line, then select Properties > Global Configuration Values.

    or

    To add a GCV to the driver set, right-clickthe driver set icon , then click Properties > GCVs.

Table A-5 Global Configuration Values

Name

Description

Example Value

Banner Password Settings

 

 

What to use for intitial Password if Distribution Password not Present

If the system is not set up for universal password synchronization or the user account just doesnt have a distribution password set yet, then an initial password has to be set. This GCV tells the system whether to use an attribute off of the user account for an initial password or to use a random generated password. If the accounts are going to use SAML for authentication then a Random Password would be fine. Otherwise an attribute value should be selected.

Random Passwordor Attribute Value from User

NOTE:The attribute name must be specified in eDirectory namespace. The Banner attribute which contains the password value needs to be mapped to the eDirectory attribute name. The attribute should be marked as Notify in the driver filter to prevent the password value from being written to eDirectory.

eDirectory attribute to use for initial password value.

This is the name of the attribute in edirectory that the Ellucian Banner driver should use for an initial password if no Distribution password is available on creation.

Surname

Number of letters to use in the Random Password

This is the number of Letters to use in the random password. when added to the value of the "Random password numbers" GCV It will determine the number of characters in the total Length

6

Number of numbers to use in the Random Password

This is the number of numbers to use in the random password. when added to the value of the "Random password letters" GCV It will determine the number of characters in the total Length.

6

 

 

User Settings

 

 

Attribute used to match Banner users to eDirectory users.

This GCV allows selection of the attribute used by the driver’s matching policy.

UDCIdentifiercauses the matching rule to match objects using the UDCIdentifier. This is a unique ID generated by Banner

CN causes the matching rule to use the CN

CN Format

This GCV contains a set of patterns that can be used to generate a new User’s CN

  • UDCIdentifier

  • First Initial + Last Name

  • First Name + Last Initial

  • First Name + Last Name

  • First Initial + Middle Initial + Last Name

  • Last Name + First Initial + Middle Initial

Set Unique ID attribute in eDirectory with generated CN value

If set to truethen the CN value on new users will be copied to the eDirectory Unique ID attribute

true or false

Phone Format in IDVault

Determines the format of Phone Numbers being synchronized from the Banner system. This format must be enforced by Subscriber channel policy when sending Phone Numbers to the Banner system. See the GCV Help in Designer for more information.

(AAA)TTTTTTT is the default format.

Format of InstitutionRole Attribute

Determines the format of an InstitutionalRole attribute coming from the Banner system.

Role Name Only, Role Name & Source Tableor Role Name, Source Table & Institution

Replacement Character for semi-colon as InstitutionalRole delimiter

Determines the delimiter character which will be used in separating the values of an InstitutionalRole

Default is the _ character.