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Enable Staging Projects in Designer 3.5
Designer provides basic support for moving Identity Manager projects from one stage to another. An administrator can now store additional objects in the LDIF format, even those that are not modeled in...
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Configuration of Role-Based Entitlements
Designer 3.5 supports the configuration of Role-Based Entitlements. See this video to get more details.Click here to start the demo Cool Solutions
View ArticleUser Application Approval Forms with Dynamically Generated MV...
It is quite straightforward to use Designer and create IDM request/approval forms that have statically defined checkbox or picklist options:Add an multi-valued CheckboxPicklist or Picklist field to...
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IDM Designer on your Macintosh
I had seen this mentioned, and there is even a documented procedure that is related (Integrate Designer 3.0 Into Existing Eclipse Installation) and another article mentioning it feasibility/inabilities...
View ArticleNew Features in Designer 3.5 for Identity Manager
Author: Aditya VikramDesigner for Identity Manager is a client-based tool for designing, debugging, deploying, and documenting your identity management solutions. Designer 3.5 released late 2009 offers...
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HowTo: Use IDM Designer to create vertically aligned MVCheckboxes in IDM User...
When adding a MVCheckbox field to your request or approval form in IDM Designer, the individual items will be horizontally 'aligned'.Click to view.Multiple Line breaks will be added as needed when...
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HowTo: Use IDM Designer to create sorted MVCheckboxes in IDM User Application
When adding a MVCheckbox field to your request or approval form in IDM Designer, the individual items will be automatically sorted by their localized item label.This may be desired in many cases, but...
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HowTo: Change the Frame Size for Request Forms in User Application in IDM 3.7.x
The request form size in User Application on IDM 3.7 is limited by a statically sized frame in the center of the UserApp screen.Example:Click to view.While the frame size of approximately 900px by...
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HowTo: Execute Workflow Activities at a Specified Date in User Application
Sometimes you may want to start a workflow, but delay specific parts of the workflow until a specified date or time has come: A new user might need to be created at a certain date, a workflow action...
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HowTo: Execute Workflow Activities with Custom Delays in User Application
Sometimes you may want to start a workflow, but delay specific parts of the workflow for a set time.A user activity might rely on other activities which may not complete immediately; changes in one...
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HowTo: Change or Remove the Header in a User Application Process Request
Some IDM users who have created their own forms have asked how to change or remove the standard header that shows at the top of each Process Request form frame.Here's an approach that you can use to...
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HowTo: The IDM Workflow Loop Route - Disable Inactive Users
In many cases there is a need to add loops to a workflow. Such loops may be required if you need to execute repetitive tasks, or to perform tasks on multiple objects.This article shows both: the sample...
View ArticleHowTo: Programmatically change a TrueFalseCheckbox in IDM
The method how to access and change a TrueFalseCheckBox in IDM User Application forms is not exactly intuitive. Here's how to do it:If you have defined a custom TrueFalseCheckBox named "myCB", you can...
View ArticleA first look at some of Designer 4.0 New Features
Novell Identity Manager has a number of components that distinguish it from its competitors. DirXML Script is one of them. Being Event based is astonishingly powerful, when you look at the things other...
View ArticleMigrate/sync objects using IDM triggers and dynamic groups
Sometimes I have a need to remigrate or re-sync certain objects through a driver. Sometimes there are only a couple of objects which is easy or maybe it's all objects in a container which is also...
View ArticleDynamic Loading of Production Rules in Drools Expert
Loading of new production rules into Drools Expert is easy. All that you need is the following method from the org.drools.KnowledgeBase class:addKnowledgePackages( Collection packages )Using the same...
View ArticleWith Friends Like Optimizing Compilers, Who Needs Enemies? (Volatile...
Compilers are our friends...right? So tell me: why would a friend change your software to create an infinite loop in your code without you knowing? Such an action would no doubt create potential havoc...
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Tools and Techniques for Staging IDM Projects for Deployment
Staging IDM ProjectsNobody who works in the field of Identity Management will deny the value of software development disciplines in this endeavor. Novell's embrace of Eclipse as the platform for...
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Let's talk some more about Packages in Designer 4 - Part 4
Novell Identity Manager initially came with a Console One plugin to manage policies and stylesheets, back when it was still called DirXML. Then as the product matured and DirXML Script became available...
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HowTo: Validate Form Input and Disable Submit in User Application Forms
There are a couple of ways to ensure valid user input in complex forms. The most frequently used are validation of each field in onchange event handlers, or making fields mandatory.Two additional...
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