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Multiple attribute Values

Individual attributes in both CA Data Protection and LDAP directories can contain multiple values. This has implications for user import operations from an LDAP directory.

Importing a single LDAP attribute with multiple values

Individual attributes in LDAP directories can contain multiple values. For example, a MemberOf attribute can contain all the mail groups or e-mail distribution lists that a user belongs to.

Account Import automatically writes multiple LDAP values to multiple values of a specific CA Data Protection user attribute. For example, you can import all the MemberOf distribution lists that a CA Data Protection user belongs to as separate values for an attribute renamed to Email Distribution Lists.

Combining multiple LDAP attributes in single CA Data Protection attributes

If necessary, Account Import can write multiple LDAP attributes to a single attribute of a CA Data Protection user account. For example, the LDAP directory may contain three attributes, Building, Floor and Desk number.  Using Account Import, you can combine these attributes into a single value and write this value to a single CA Data Protection user attribute renamed to Desk Location.

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