Attributes

This sheet contains the list of attributes to be managed in tool.

• Alias - Unique name to manage attribute in all sources.

• Group - A free text used to group and sort attributes in screen.

• Type - Identify the type of objects that contains the attribute:

  • U - User object.
  • C - Contact object.
  • G - Group object.

• Usage - Mark each attribute with one or more of following usages:

  • Link - Attribute is unique in each source and is used to identify relations between different sources. It is always loaded by default from all sources.
  • ID - Attribute is unique in each source. It is always loaded by default from all sources.
  • Alias - Attribute is present in all sources. It is always loaded by default from all sources. Those attributes could be used for filtering if are selected in ObjectAliasAttribute configuration value.
  • Mandatory - Attribute to be filled during object creation. Value must be provided with a default value or from Extension.
  • Auto - Attribute filled automatically by source.
  • Guid - If attribute name is objectGUID it is managed as a GUID.
  • Jpeg - Attribute contains a JPEG image and is managed is a special way.

• MV - Used to identify multi-value attributes. Two values are valid in this column:

  • N - Attribute is regular.
  • Y - Attribute is multi-value.

• Show - Used to mark witch attributes must be shown in tool. Two values are valid in this column:

  • N - Attribute is visible.
  • Y - Attribute is not visible in tool.

• Default Value - It will be used to assign default values to attribute during object creation. If attribute is multivalue, more than one value could be provided separated by pipe (|) character.

• <one or more Alias of sources> - One column is added to this sheet for each source in Datasources sheet. The column contains the real name of each attribute in source. If it is empty the attribute is not present in source.

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