Copy user attribute from different user to user currently being edited

Question

Dear all,
I'm somehow stuck with a requirement I've to implement.
I've to copy some user attributes from one user to another. I learned that I should be able to use "getResourceObject" for
this and I tried to implement this in my user form:
<Field name='otherUser_actvtGrps'>
<Display class='Text'>
<Property name='title' value='otherUser_actvtGrps'/>
</Display>
<Default>
<set name='otheruser'>
<invoke name='getResourceObject' class='com.waveset.ui.FormUtil'>
<select>
<ref>context</ref>
<ref>:display.session</ref>
</select>
<s>SAP_System_A</s> <!-- the resource ID -->
<s>User</s>
<s>TemplateUser</s> <!-- this is the AccountID that i need as source -->
<null/>
</invoke>
<ref>otheruser.user.attributes.activityGroups</ref> <!-- this is the attribute from the source user I want to copy/read -->
</set>
</Default>
</Field>
But this does not return anything..
Any ideas what I did wrong ?
Many many thanks for any help/ideas !
Best regards
Joerg

Answer 1

Do you know where to get some docs about the topics you mentioned ?
1. Your adapter might not to support Resource Objects of type User.ResourceReference manual, the "Resource Object Management" section in each adapter chapter. Also the resource description in XML has the ObjectTypes section, for example, for Active Directory adapters:
  <ObjectTypes>
    <ObjectType name="Group" nameKey="UI_RESOURCE_OBJECT_TYPE_GROUP" icon="group">
      <ObjectClasses operator="AND">
        <ObjectClass name="Group"/>
      </ObjectClasses>
      <ObjectFeatures>
        <ObjectFeature name="create"/>
        <ObjectFeature name="update"/>
        <ObjectFeature name="delete"/>
      </ObjectFeatures>
      <ObjectAttributes idAttr="distinguishedName" displayNameAttr="samAccountName" descriptionAttr="description" objectClassAttr="objectclass">
        <ObjectAttribute name="cn" type="string"/>
        <ObjectAttribute name="sAMAccountName" type="string"/>
2. You can fetch the complete user view with all resource account information.You will find many examples in IdM XPRESS samples.
Get user view using LighthouseContext and user accountId
<invoke name='getView'>
  <invoke name='getLighthouseContext'>
    <ref>WF_CONTEXT</ref>
  </invoke>
  <concat>
    <s>UserViewer:</s>
    <ref>accountId</ref>
  </concat>
  <Map>
  </Map>
</invoke>Or with WorkflowServices (see BusinessAdministration manual):
<Action id='0' application='com.waveset.session.WorkflowServices'>
  <Argument name='op' value='getView'/>
  <Argument name='viewId'>
    <concat>
      <s>User:</s>
      <ref>accountId</ref>
    </concat>
  </Argument>
  <Return from='view' to='user'/>
</Action>
3. You can fetch resource account info directly using ResourceAdapter API (not too well documented way).Example in Java:
    LighthouseContext ctx = <get context here>;
    // Get resource object
    Resource res = (Resource) ctx.getObject(Type.RESOURCE, <resource name>);
    // Pack resource and user accountId into a ResourceInfo object
    WSUser user = new WSUser();
    ResourceInfo info = new ResourceInfo();
    info.setAccountId(accountId);
    info.setResource(res);
    info.setAttributes(null);
    user.setResourceInfo(new ResourceInfo[] {info});
    // Rertrieve ResourceAdapter object
    ResourceAdapter ra = ResourceOp.findAdapter(res, res.getCache());
    // Get account info into the 'user' object
    WSUser result = ra.getUser(user);
    // Now you can get account status from ResourceInfo ...
    info = result.getResourceInfo(res);
    // ... and account attributes from WSAttributes
    WSAttributes attributes = result.getWSAttributes();
    ...