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Map Customers with Group and Constant Mapping Types

Use a group and a constant attribute mapping to identify customers in Directory A and Directory B.

Deployment

• Directory A stores employee. An employee of the company can also be a customer, so Directory A identifies customers as those employees that belong to the following group:

  cn=Customers,ou=Groups,o=acme.com
  

• Directory B only stores customers. Directory B does not have a user attribute that identifies customers because to store a user in Directory B implies that the user is a customer.

Solution

1. Create a group attribute mapping for Directory A.

   Name

   IsCustomer

   Mapping Type

   Group

   Definition

   cn=Customers,ou=Groups,o=acme.com
   

2. Create a constant attribute mapping for Directory B.

   Name

   IsCustomer

   Mapping Type

   Constant

   Definition

   TRUE

When referencing Directory A, a user is considered a customer if they belong to cn=Customers,ou=Groups,o=acme.com. When referencing Directory B, every user is a customer.