Provision to AD - Manager Name how to?

Question

Hey,
Been banging my head against this all day. What's the proper way to provision a user with Manager Name properly to Active Directory?
I can provision the user successfully, but not the Manager. I tried entering a full name, I tried entering an existing AD user's full DN, nothing...
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi,
If you want test the Kevin suggestion, for example, I think you can try the code below to grab the DN off the user's existing provisioning process form. It works for me. Create a java class and an adapter to use this code. Parameters:
resourceObjectName = AD User
userKey = User Definition.User Key
fieldName = UD_ADUSER_ORGNAME
dbProvider = Map to the Adapter References, Database reference
     public String getProcessFormFieldValue(String resourceObjName, String userKey, String fieldName, tcDataProvider dbProvider){
          String result = "VALUE_NOT_FOUND";
          StringBuffer strSQLOrcKey = new StringBuffer();
          strSQLOrcKey.append("SELECT DISTINCT ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     oiu.orc_key, procsdk.sdk_name ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("FROM ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     obj obj, oiu oiu ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("          left outer join orc orc on oiu.orc_key = orc.orc_key ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("          left outer join tos tos on orc.tos_key = tos.tos_key ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("          left outer join sdk procsdk on tos.sdk_key = procsdk.sdk_key, ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     obi obi, ost ost ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("WHERE ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     oiu.obi_key = obi.obi_key AND ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     oiu.ost_key = ost.ost_key AND ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     (ost.ost_status = 'Provisioned' OR ost.ost_status = 'Enabled') AND ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     (obi.obj_key = obj.obj_key AND UPPER(obj.obj_name) LIKE UPPER('" + resourceObjName.toUpperCase() + "%')) AND ");
          strSQLOrcKey.append("     oiu.usr_key = " + userKey);
          try {
               String strOrcKey = null;
               String strSdkName = null;
               tcDataSet dataset = new tcDataSet();
               dataset.setQuery(dbProvider, strSQLOrcKey.toString());
               dataset.executeQuery();
               if(dataset.isEmpty() == false){
                    strOrcKey = dataset.getString(0);
                    strSdkName = dataset.getString(1);
               }else{
                    throw new Exception("The user does not have a valid resource: " + resourceObjName);
               StringBuffer strSQLFormField = new StringBuffer();
               strSQLFormField.append(" SELECT " + fieldName);
               strSQLFormField.append(" FROM " + strSdkName);
               strSQLFormField.append(" WHERE orc_key = " + strOrcKey);
               dataset.setQuery(dbProvider, strSQLFormField.toString());
               dataset.executeQuery();
               if(dataset.isEmpty() == false){
                    result = dataset.getString(0);
               }else{
                    throw new Exception("VALUE NOT FOUND: It was not possible to get the Form Field Value.");
               System.out.println("**************** Exiting getFormFieldValue *******************");
          } catch (Exception ex) {
               result = "EXECUTION_ERROR";
               System.out.println("############## Exception in getFormFieldValue ###############");
               ex.printStackTrace();
               System.out.println("#############################");               
          return result;
Also, if you have the MS AD User Management Connector, you can see how its adapters uses the library to connect AD and execute some commands. For example, see how the adapter ADCS Get ObjectGUID gets the user's GUID.
Renato.