Lookup.ADReconciliation.GroupLookup

Question

hi,
Lookup.ADReconciliation.GroupLookup displays the lookup like below,
Code Key: <IT_RESOURCE_KEY>~<DISTINGUISHED_NAME>
Decode: <IT_RESOURCE_NAME>~<DISTINGUISHED_NAME>
"<DISTINGUISHED_NAME>" is a big bunch of words concatenated into a single line. I have mapped this lookup in one of the child form for the user to select the group. When the user clicks on the search button difficult to tell which group the user is selecting. The code and decode looks like below example,
Code : 161~CN=Financial Accounting,OU=_US Distribution Lists,OU=_US Groups,OU=Groups,OU=xxxxx,DC=corp,DC=xxxxx,DC=com     
Decode: ADITResource~CN=Financial Accounting,OU=_US Distribution Lists,OU=_US Groups,OU=Groups,OU=xxxxx,DC=corp,DC=xxxxx,DC=com
In the search window can i display the CN name(+Financial Accounting+ from the above example) alone instead of everything ?.... kindly help and let me know in case of clarifications.
Thanks

Answer 1

The "strange string" is the DN of the Group. The leftmost part is pointing towards the IT resource that contains this group.
A rather nifty/strange (pick you choice) way to support a multi IT resource.
You can make the original lookup invisible and add an additional more user friendly lookup. Then in your pre pop code you magically switch things around so the process form gets properly populated (I am assuming that this question is about the object/resource form).
If you do need to support multiple domains with their associated multiple IT resources then you do need to put something in front of the group name i.e. ther domain name.
You probably also wants to add some new recon jobs that keeps your new lookup in synch with AD.
Good luck
/Martin