How to automatically generate/build a uniqueID in Sun IM

Question

Hello,
I'm unfortunately not able to automatically generate/build a unique identifier in IM according to my different data sources (resources) => the goal of this process is to manage the unique identifiers (accountID) through the Identity Manager, and then send back the corresponding accountIDs to the data sources (to keep the mapping between IM and the sources).
=> Each data source (DB, files, etc.) stores their own unique identifier (e.g. primary key, id, etc.).
=> I'm able to reconcile (or "Load from Resource") the data from the sources
=> Unfortunately the accountIDs from my "authoritative data source" (main data source) are used as "unique identifiers" (accountID) through IM :o( !!!!! and I would like to build a unique id (e.g. <firstnameFirstLetter>.<lastnameFirstLetter><6digits) for all the users (according to all the accounts from the different sources).
Do you have any idea ?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks a lot for this example.
I didn't test it for the moment, because I still have a problem with the workflow....., which will call this rule at the end.
Here is my problem about this workflow :
My idea is to use this workflow (as a pre-account wrokflow through the reconciliation process) to automatically write the SIM accountIds into the Resource accounts (i.e. into my authoritative database => IAM_EXT_UID is used to store the corresponding SIM accountIds).
When we use a "Pre-account workflow" through the reconciliation process, some variables are already available : accountId, resourceId, userName, initialSituation, finalSituation, etc.
During my initial load process (e.g. using the reconciliation process), all the resource accounts use the following states :
+ initialSituation : AR_SITUATION_NAME_UNMATCHED
+ finalSituation : AR_SITUATION_NAME_CONFIRMED
+ accountId : name of the resource account that was reconciled => i.e. specific to the resource
+ userName (name of the Identity Manager User) : userName is NULL
I'm just interested in this case (initial=UNMATCHED and final=CONFIRMED) in order to send back the SIM accountId into my database.
My workflow uses the checkoutView Session Workflow Service to get some information about the newly created SIM users (e.g. his newly created accountId => created on the fly by using a rule).
Unfortunately, the userName is NULL ! I think that this input is NULL because I use a rule to automatically generate the SIM accountIds !!!! Am I right ?
Is there a way to get this userName ? Maybe the checkoutView Session Workflow Service is not the best solution !!!
Here is my code snippet :
<Extension>
<WFProcess name='XYZ' maxSteps='0'>
<Variable name='accountId' input='true' />
<Variable name='resourceId' input='true' />
<Variable name='resourceName' input='true' />
<Variable name='userId' input='true' />
<Variable name='userName' />
<Variable name='initialSituation' input='true' />
<Variable name='responseSuccess' />
<Variable name='finalSituation' />
<Activity id='0' name='start'>
<Transition to='deleted from HR equals disable'>
<eq>
<ref>initialSituation</ref>
<s>AR_SITUATION_NAME_DELETED</s>
</eq>
</Transition>
<Transition to='ProcessUser'>
<block>
<and>
<eq>
<ref>initialSituation</ref>
<s>AR_SITUATION_NAME_UNMATCHED</s>
</eq>
<eq>
<ref>finalSituation</ref>
<s>AR_SITUATION_NAME_CONFIRMED</s>
</eq>
</and>
</block>
</Transition>
<Transition to='end'/>
</Activity>
<Activity id='1' name='end' />
<Activity id='2' name='deleted from HR equals disable' audit='true'>
<Variable name='WF_ACTION_ERROR'/>
<Variable name='user'/>
<Action id='0' application='com.waveset.session.WorkflowServices'>
<Argument name='op' value='disableUser'/>
<Argument name='accountId' value='$(userName)'/>
<Argument name='doWaveset' value='true'/>
</Action>
<Transition to='end'/>
</Activity>
<Activity id='3' name='ProcessUser'>
<Variable name='user'/>
<Action id='0' name='CheckOutUserView' application='com.waveset.session.WorkflowServices'>
<Argument name='op' value='checkoutView'/>
<Argument name='type' value='User'/>
<Argument name='id' value='$(userName)'/>
<Variable name='view'/>
<Return from='view' to='user'/>
</Action>
<Transition to='end'/>
</Activity>
</WFProcess>
</Extension>
</TaskDefinition>
I hope that someone will be able to help me.
Thanks a lot.