Bulk import error - Missing required attribute ‘fullname’

Question

Folks,
I am having trouble trying to bulk import some users.
I have the following file for import (cut down from what I really want to import):
command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmpassword,global.firstname,global.lastname,global.fullname
Create,”user1”,”myLDAPresourcename”,”passwd”,”passwd”,”myfirstname1”,”mysurname1”,” myfirstname1 mysurname1”This works using “Accounts->Launch Bulk Actions” with Action set to “From Action List” and everything else on that page left at the default value. The correct data appears in IDM and the LDAP resource.
Now if I try to import the following file, in which the user does not have a first name, I get in to trouble:
command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmpassword,global.firstname,global.lastname,global.fullname
Create,”user2”,”myldapresourcename”,”passwd”,”passwd”,””,”mysurname2”,”mysurname2”
The error message is:
com.waveset.Util.WaveSetException: An error occurred adding user ‘uid=user2,…..’ to resource “myLDAPresourcename”.
com.waveset.util.WavesetException:  Missing required attribute ‘fullname’Clearly the import file contains a column for ‘fullname’ (column 8) and a value for ‘fullname’ in the only row of data “mysurname2”. As far as I am concerned it is perfectly valid for a user not to have a ‘firstname’; but they must have a ‘fullname’.
I have tried using an import file without a value for ‘fullname’, but with a ‘firstname’ and ‘lastname’ like this
command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmpassword,global.firstname,global.lastname,global.fullname
Create,”user3”,”myLDAPresourcename”,”passwd”,”passwd”,”myfirstname3”,”mysurname3”,””This works. The correct data appears in IDM and the LDAP resource and IDM has generated a ‘fullname’ value of “{Firstname} {Surname}”. Trying to leave out the ‘firstname’ and the ‘fullname’ gives the same error as above.
The configuration of my resource (in summary) is
objectclasses:
     top
     person
     inetOrgPerson
Account Attributes:
     accounted     -> uid               [required]
     password     -> userPassword
     firstname     -> givenname
     lastname     -> sn               [required]
     objectClass     -> objectClass
     fullname     -> cn               [required]
As an experiment I have tried reconfiguring the resource so that ‘fullname’ is not marked as required.
Importing user1 and user3 still works and still creates the correct data in IDM and the LDAP resource.
Importing user2 now gives a different error:
com.waveset.Util.WaveSetException: An error occurred adding user ‘uid=user2,…..’ to resource “myLDAPresourcename”.
javax.naming.directory.SchemaViolationException: [LDAP: error code 65 – Object Class Violation]I don’t understand why, during the import of a user without a ‘firstname’ IDM will not generate a ‘fullname’ or use the supplied ‘fullname’.
Can anyone help?
Regards,
Gavin

Answer 1

After further testing it turned out that I couldn't create a user without a firstname from the IDM GUI and this in turn was because of the way fullname was generated by the user form.
I've got the user form changed and now user creation (from the GUI and via bulk import) is working as hoped.