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Link Attributes

You can create attributes and attribute values between linked entities in the CA GovernanceMinder Discovery & Audit client tool. This is useful when you manage relationship links and assign descriptive labels, such as listing and recording resource expiration dates.

Entities must be listed in a specific order. For example, in a User-Res declaration, the first entity is a user record, and the second entity is a resource record. In a Role-Role link, the first entity is the role ID of the parent role, and the second entity is the role ID of the child role.

To create and manage these links, you must edit the configuration file (*.cfg) header field to enable the Attributes button option where it appears when editing a resource.

You can edit the following attribute type declarations for link attributes:

• User-Resource: User-resource link.

  For user-resource link attributes, consider the following header:

  User-Res-Field-Names,"<Att1>","<Att2>"
  

  Where "<Att1>" is "Expiration Date" and "<Att2>" is "Printer".

• User-Role: User-role link.

  For user-role resource link attributes, consider the following header:

  User-Role-Field-Names,"<Att3>"
  

  Where "<Att3>" is "Manager".

• Role-Role: Role-role link.

  For role-role resource link attributes, consider the following header:

  Role-Role-Field-Names,"<Att4>","<Att5>"
  

  Where "<Att4>" is "Address" and "<Att5>" is "Email".

• Role-Resource: Role-resource link.

  For role-resource link attributes, consider the following header:

  Role-Res-Field-Names "<Att6>", "<Att7>", "<Att8>"
  

  Where "<Att6>" is "Site Manager", "<Att7>" is "Printer" and "<Att8>" is "Scanner".

More information:

Define Link Attributes

Assign Link Attribute Values