How to change the mandatory attribute to normal attribute

Products

• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Governance
• CA Identity Portal

Issue/Introduction

There are attributes that require input when creating a user.
By following the procedure below, you can change the required attribute to an optional attribute.

1. Modify attribute setting of Userstore
2. Modify setting of tasks related to user creation
3. Change the setting of the storage destination column of the corresponding data in the user store (DB)

Environment

CA Identity Manager 12.6, 14.x

Resolution

1. Modify attribute setting of Userstore

• Login to the Management console
• Select Directories > UserStore, then click [Export]
• Change "Required" setting of the attribute to be changed from mandatory in exported XML file to "False", then save the file overwritten

For example, mandatory attribute “First name”:
<ImsManagedObjectAttr physicalname="#####.FIRSTNAME" description="First Name" displayname="First Name" valuetype="String" required="true" wellknown="%FIRST_NAME%" maxlength="50"/>
※required="true" -> "False"

• Update with the modified xml file then restart environment

2. Modify setting of tasks related to user creation

• Login to the User Console
• Select Tasks > Roles and Tasks > Admin Tasks > Modify Admin Task

• Search Admin Task (e.g. create user), then choose it and click select

 

• Click “Tabs”, then click pencil icon which is next to Profile
  
  

 

• Click [Browse] which is next to “Create User Profile”, then click [Edit]

 

 

 

• Click the pencil icon which is next to “First Name”

 

• Click drop down list which is next to Permission, then choose “Read/Write”

 

• Click [OK] at the bottom of the screen

 

• Click, [Select], [OK] and [Submit], then confirm task is completed.

3. Change the setting of the storage destination column of the corresponding data in the user store (DB)

 

• it is possible that mandatory attribute is blank when you create a user.
• If necessary, please change the setting of the stored column to accept NULL.