How to build Dynamic (DYN) Connectors that store only minimal amount of attribute data in Provisioning Directory?

Products

• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

We have to manage huge number of accounts on Endpoints and concern about performance so we should reduce the number of attribute data Dynamic (DYN) connectors should retrieve per account. We need to know specifically if it is possible to build Dynamic (DYN) connectors that store only a minimal amount of attributes in the Provisioning Directory (for reference) and pull the others real time for the endpoint. The DYN connectors would know all attributes but only store a minimal set for reference.

How can we achieve this?

Environment

Release : 14.x

Component : Identity Manager

Resolution

By default the Explore process on Endpoint would not retrieve and store all of the attributes mapped in a Connector Xpress project. For each attribute mapped in Connector Xpress if you choose to mark the "Cached" checkbox then the Provisioning Server would retrieve and store that value in the Provisioning Directory. Note that if using an attribute as part of a Custom Correlation Rule or as part of an Endpoint Attribute Mapping for the Explore/Correlate/Update then Provisioning Server would also retrieve and store that value in the Provisioning Directory.

Additional Information

Creating Connectors - Managing Accounts and Groups