Overwriting explore logic via Operation Binding (opbinding) for a DYN JDBC connector

Products

• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to use Operation Binding to retrieve a filtered set of users from a database endpoint based on specific attribute values — in this case, filtering by the employeeGroup column.

Assume a database table contains the following columns:

• employeeRole

• employeeName

• employeeGroup
  
  

 

The requirement is to retrieve only those users whose employeeGroup value equals 'Groups' during endpoint exploration.

Environment

Identity Manager 14.5.1 (Latest release)

Resolution

Follow the steps to create a connector as outlined in the tech doc below:

How-To-Create-and-Deploy-connectors-guide

Follow the steps below to Configure Operation Binding Using a Script 

• Navigate to Operation Bindings
  From the left navigation pane, select Operation Bindings. In the resulting window, click Create to define a new operation binding.

• Configure Basic Parameters
  In the pop-up window:

  • Choose the appropriate Object Class.

  • Set Type to Script.

  • Set Available Operation to Lookup.

  • Set Timing to Instead Of.

• Validate Operation Binding Details
  After creation, select the newly listed Lookup operation from the left pane. Review and confirm that the configuration settings are correct.

• Attach a Script Function
  Under Script Options, choose Execute a function in a global script. Click New to create a global script and enter your custom JavaScript code in the provided window.

• Specify the Function Name
  In the Function Name field, enter the exact name of the JavaScript function defined in the global script. This function will override the default correlation or lookup logic.
  
  

For more detailed guidance on operation bindings, refer to the technical documentation linked below:

Operations-binding-guide