"Merge with values" not merging values

Hello,
I have quite a problem with LDAP provisionning and LDAP groups management:
- "user1" and "user2" already exist in the LDAP directory and are members of "group1"
- I create user1 in IDM and give him the LDAP ressource => he gets linked correctly to his account
- I create user2 in IDM
- I have a role in IDM with the LDAP ressource associated and a "set attribute value" configured with "group2" and "merge with values"
- when I give this role to user1, user1 gets group1 and group2 in the LDAP directory. Great.
- when I give this role to user2, user2 gets linked correctly to his account and only has group2! group1 has disappeared and no merge whatsoever was performed!
Of course, my real situation involves thousands of existing users, and I plan to manage user ressources only via Roles and not via Ressource. I then have thousands of user2 who are going to lose their groups!
I also tried with "Authoritative merge with values", same result.
Any idea what should be changed?
Thanks

Hi,
If the users already have access to 'group1' then create a role with "Merge with value, clear existing" for the attribute.
If required then create another role for 'group2' also with "Merge with value, clear existing" for the attribute. A user who is assign both roles will be granted access to 'group1' and'group2'
"Merge with value, clear existing" will ensure the user only has access to the groups as per the role assignments. If the user is independently assigned 'group3' then IDM will remove 'group3' next time the user is refreshed within IDM.
If you only use "Merge with value" then old groups will not be removed even if they are not required.

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The technique can be applied to the branch of the registry mentioned in the error message.
If you still have issues see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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