Hi,
We have a small challenge here that includes two primary pull sources, where
the UID for these sources are not the same or cannot be set to the same value.
The only common UID(National Identification Number) that could be used as a
kind of primary key for users pulled from both sources (that would make this an
easy case) can change to my surprise when it comes to foreign exchange
students.This is when they get Finnish versions of the NIN. It will not be
possible to set any previousUID column to both sources either (for payroll
particularly) and I would like to avoid having to build any separate repository
only due to this case.
So, what I do during provision and within beforeProvision to be precise, is
that I check if I get any existing match for the pulled user based on the NIN.
If I do, I like to create a new syndelta with the information from the existing
user together with the fields that should be added. If no match is found, then
the provisioning should continue as before.
What I do is to create a new syncdelta with the UID changed to the existing UID
for the account matching, set the connector object with the required fields,
create an AnyTO object and an anyPatch object and send this to beforeupdate
together with the new delta.
Everything is fine so far.
Within beforeUpdate, I can see that I get all the required fields for that
connector object. AbstractAnyDataBinder though claims that I have a required
attribute missing: eduPersonUniqueId, that I can see that is present within
both objects (AnyTO and AnyPatch ) sent to the beforeUpdate and it is also
available as a field within the connector object for the sync delta.
What am I missing? Should I recreate the syncdelta object again within
beforeUpdate together with the AnyTO and AnyPatch objects too, to be sure? What
is required for beforeUpdate to function properly? Is it even possible to
revert to beforeUpdate from say beforeProvision if a possible match is found?
It should I think. It is a bit troublesome to check for yourself, when the
API-documentation is not that detailed...:)
Regards,
Mikael
Mikael Ekblom
Systemutvecklare/System developer
Arcada, IT
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FIN-00560 Helsingfors,
Finland
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