AE 5.2: Using Database as User Data Source

Hi all,
we have a problem connecting our User Data Source, which is basically just a DB accessible via SQL, to Access Enforcer 5.2 SP08.
To my knowledge AE only supports LDAP, SAP, SAP UME and SAP HR, none of which will be able to extract the data from our data source.
Is there a way of directly mapping the DB fields with our user data to the AE request fields (like the LDAP mapping, but without using the LDAP protocol)?
Would there be a workaround like attaching the UME to an external database? SAP Help only refers to the following sources:
"UME can use the following types of data sources: Database of the AS Java, Directory service, User management of the AS ABAP"
If so, would this also work with a dual stack system (ABAP&JAVA)?
Thanks,
Daniela

Hi,
I'm not sure of all the complexities around this but we had a similar problem where the user respository we used could not be connected using LDAP.
The solution that was implemented was to create an ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) directory, which is connected to the user repository - ADAM is then connected the UME for AE as the LDAP server.
Probably not the most elegant solution, but we have been using this in PRD environment for a couple of months now without any performance issues.
Unfortunately I don't have all the details to guide you through all the config that was required, but perhaps you could investigate this as an alternative solution.
Regards

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