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Modify LDAP Values with Conversion Expressions

A key feature of command line import operations from LDAP is the ability to modify user attribute values in the LDAP directory before writing them to an attribute of a CA DataMinder user account. Conversion expressions can parse, extract and (if necessary) remove or substitute any characters in the attribute value.

To modify imported LDAP values, you configure the /al or /ml parameter to use a conversion expression. For example, if importing email addresses from the proxyAddresses LDAP attribute, email addresses are typically prefixed with a format identifier (such as ‘smtp:’ or ‘x500:’). Account Import uses default conversion expressions to strip out these identifiers so that only the address is imported into CA DataMinder:

["smtp:{%untilEnd%}"]
["x400:{%untilEnd%}"]
["x500:{%untilEnd%}"]

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Conversion Expression Syntax

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Conversion Expression Variables