Create Generic Technology Connector

Step 1: Provide Basic Information

Use this page to provide basic information, such as name and providers, for the generic technology connector you want to create.

Element	Description
Name	Enter a name for the generic technology connector. This is a mandatory field.
Reconciliation	Select if you want to use the generic technology connector for reconciliation, and then select one the following options: Transport Provider: Select the reconciliation transport provider that you want to use for this connector. This list displays the predefined reconciliation transport providers and the reconciliation transport providers that you create. Format Provider: Select the reconciliation format provider that you want to use for this connector. This list displays the predefined reconciliation format providers and the reconciliation format providers that you create. Trusted Source Reconciliation: Select if you want to use the connector to perform trusted source reconciliation with the target system. If you select this check box, then the Provisioning region of the page is disabled. This is because you cannot provision to a target system that you designate as a trusted source. You can only reconcile data from a trusted source.
Provisioning	Select if you want to use the generic technology connector for provisioning, and then select one of the following options: Transport Provider: Select the provisioning transport provider that you want to use for this connector. This list displays the predefined provisioning transport providers and the provisioning transport providers that you create. Format Provider: Select the provisioning format provider that you want to use for this connector. This list displays the predefined provisioning format providers and the provisioning format providers that you create.
Exit	Click to exit the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard without creating the connector.
Continue	Click to go to the next page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.

Step 2: Specify Parameter Values

Use this page to specify values for the parameters of the providers that you select on the Step 1: Provide Basic Information page.

This page provides the following options for creating a provisioning connector:

Element	Description
Run-time Parameters	Input variables of the providers that you select on the previous page. A run-time parameter represents a value that is not constrained by the design of the provider. For example, the location of the directories containing the data files that you want to reconcile is a run-time parameter.
Web Service URL	Enter the URL of the Web service that you want to use for sending a provisioning request to the target system.
Target ID	Enter a value that uniquely identifies the target system for provisioning operations.
User Name (authentication)	Enter the user name of the account required to connect to the target system (PST) through the Web service interface (PSP).
User Password (authentication)	Enter the password of the user account required to connect to the target system (PST) through the Web service interface (PSP).
Design Parameters	The parameters listed in this section are either design parameters of providers or reconciliation-specific parameters that are common to all generic technology connectors. A design parameter represents a value or set of values that is defined as part of the provider design.
Web Service SOAP Action	Enter the value of the `soapAction` attribute of the `operation` element in the WSDL file.
WSSE Configured for SPML Web Service?	Select if the Web service is configured to authenticate incoming requests by using WS-Security credentials.
Custom Authentication Credentials Namespace	Enter the name of the credentials namespace that you have defined for the Web service.
Custom Authentication Header Element	Enter the name of the element that will contain the credentials of the user account used to connect to the target system.
Custom Element to Store User Name	Enter the name of the element in the custom authentication section that will contain the user name you specify as the value of the User Name (authentication) parameter.
Custom Element to Store Password	Enter the name of the element in the custom authentication section that will contain the password you specify as the value of the User Password (authentication) parameter.
SPML Web Service Binding Style (DOCUMENT or RPC)	Enter the value of the `style` attribute of the `binding` element in the WSDL file.
SPML Web Service Complex Data Type	Enter the value of the `name` attribute of the `complexType` element in the WSDL file.
SPML Web Service Operation Name	Enter the value of the `name` attribute of the `operation` element in the WSDL file.
SPML Web Service Target Namespace	Enter the value of the `targetNamespace` attribute of the `definition` element in the WSDL file.
SPML Web Service Soap Message Body Prefix	Enter the name of the custom prefix element that contains the SOAP message body.
ID Attribute for Child Dataset Holding Role Membership Information	Enter the name of the unique identifier field for a provisioning staging child data set that holds group membership information.
Target Date Format	Enter the format in which you want to send date values to the target system during provisioning operations.
Exit	Click to exit the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard without creating the connector.
Back	Click to go back to the Step 1: Provide Basic Information page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.
Continue	Click to go to the next page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.

This page provides the following options for creating a reconciliation connector:

Element	Description
Run-Time Parameters	Input variables of the providers that you select on the previous page. A run-time parameter represents a value that is not constrained by the design of the provider. For example, the location of the directories containing the data files that you want to reconcile is a run-time parameter.
Staging Directory (Parent identity data)	Enter the path of the directory in which files containing parent data are stored. It is mandatory to specify a value for this parameter.
Staging Directory (Multivalued Identity data)	Enter the path of the directory in which files containing multivalued (or child) account or identity data (for example, role membership data) are stored.
Archiving Directory	Enter the path of the directory in which parent and child data files that have already been reconciled are to be stored.
File Prefix	Enter the prefix used to filter the names of files in the staging directories for both parent and child data files. During reconciliation, all files (in the staging directories) with names that start with the specified prefix are processed, regardless of the file extension.
Specified Delimiter	Enter the character that is used as the delimiter character in the parent and child data files. You can specify only a single character as the value of this parameter.
Tab Delimiter	Select to specify whether or not the file is delimited by tabs.
Fixed Column Width	Enter the width in characters of the data columns if the input file contains fixed-width data.
Unique Attribute (Parent Data)	Enter the field that is common to both the parent data and child data files for multivalued user data.
Design Parameters	The parameters listed in this section are either design parameters of providers or reconciliation-specific parameters that are common to all generic technology connectors. A design parameter represents a value or set of values that is defined as part of the provider design.
File Encoding	Enter the character set encoding used in the parent and data files.
Batch Size	Enter a batch size for the reconciliation run in order to break into batches the total number of records that the reconciliation engine fetches from the target system during each reconciliation run. The default value of this parameter is `All`.
Stop Reconciliation Threshold	Enter a value to automatically stop reconciliation if the percentage of records that fail the validation checks to the total number of reconciliation records processed exceeds the specified value.
Stop Threshold Minimum Records	Enter the number of records that must be processed by the validation provider before the Stop Reconciliation Threshold validation is enabled.
Source Date Format	Enter the format in which date values are stored in the target system. The format that you specify is used to validate date values fetched during reconciliation and to convert the date values to the format used internally by Oracle Identity Manager.
Reconcile Deletion of Multivalued Attribute Data	Select to specify whether or not you want to reconcile into Oracle Identity Manager the deletion of multivalued attribute data (child data) on the target system.
Reconciliation Type	Select Full or Incremental to specify whether you want the reconciliation engine to perform incremental or full reconciliation respectively.
Exit	Click to exit the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard without creating the connector.
Back	Click to go back to the Step 1: Provide Basic Information page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.
Continue	Click to go to the next page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.

Step 3: Modify Connector Configuration Page

Use this page to define data sets and mappings between the fields of the data sets. In other words, you use this page to specify the user data fields that you want to propagate from the target system to Oracle Identity Manager during reconciliation or to propagate from Oracle Identity Manager to the target system during provisioning.

Element	Description
	Click to add a field in a data set.
	Click to edit a field in a data set.
	To remove a field from a data set.
Close	To close the Step 3: Modify Connector Configuration Page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.

Step 4: Verify Connector Form Names

Use this page to specify form names for the process forms corresponding to the OIM - Account data set and its child data sets.

Element	Description
OIM - Account	Displays default names for the process forms based on the names of the corresponding data sets. You must verify and, if required, change the names of these forms to ensure that they are unique for this installation of Oracle Identity Manager.
Exit	Click to exit the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard without creating the connector.
Back	Click to go back to the Step 3: Modify Connector Configuration Page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.
Continue	Click to go to the next page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.

Step 5: Verify Connector Information

Use this page to review information that you have provided up to this point for creating generic technology connectors.

Element	Description
Provide Basic Information	Click View to reopen and view the information provided on the Step 1: Provide Basic Information page. You cannot change the information displayed on this page, because any change in this information would amount to creating a new generic technology connector.
Specify Parameter Values	Click Change to reopen the Step 2: Specify Parameter Values page and modify the parameter values on this page.
Connector Configuration	Click Change to reopen the Step 3: Modify Connector Configuration page and add or edit fields and mappings.
Exit	Click to exit the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard without creating the connector.
Back	Click to go back to the Step 4: Verify Connector Form Names page of the Create Generic Technology Connector wizard.
Save	Click to create the generic technology connector.