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Example: SAMDataSynchConfig.xml Configuration File Structure

The following example shows a section of the configuration file with the following changes to the default attributes and criteria:

• APMCriteria statements (highlighted)–Analyst was added as a criterion for the CA APM contact attribute (contacttype.value). User is the default criterion.
• SamField statements (highlighted)–CA APM contact (contactid) was mapped to the CA SAM user (import_user_id). The default statement (commented out in the example) mapped the CA APM asset owner (resourceownerid) to the CA SAM user (import_user_id).

  <SamTable apmsyncclass="contact" samsynctable="users" >
  

  <SamField apmattribute="individualid" samattribute="import_id" />
  <SamField apmattribute="emailid" samattribute="login" />
  <SamField apmattribute="costcenterkey" samattribute="import_level_2_id" />
  <SamField apmattribute="lastname" samattribute="last_name" />
  <SamField apmattribute="firstname" samattribute="first_name" />
  <SamField apmattribute="emailid" samattribute="email" />
  <APMCriteria>
  

  <Criteria apmattribute="contacttype.value" value="User" />
  <Criteria apmattribute="contacttype.value" value="Analyst" />
  

  </APMCriteria>
  

  </SamTable>
  

  <SamTable apmsyncclass="asset" samsynctable="devices" >
  

  <SamField apmattribute="costcenterkey" samattribute="import_org_level_2_id" />
  <SamField apmattribute="locationid" samattribute="import_location_id" />
  <!--<SamField apmattribute="resourceownerid" samattribute="import_user_id" />-->
  <SamField apmattribute="contactid" samattribute="import_user_id" />
  

  </SamTable>
  

The following terms in the example require explanation:

SamTable

Specifies the XML node that represents the mapping of the CA APM and CA SAM data objects or table.

Apmsyncclass

Specifies the name of the data synchronization object in CA APM.

Samsynctable

Specifies the name of the database table that the CA APM objects map to in CA SAM.

SamField

Specifies the XML node that represents the mapping of CA APM and CA SAM attributes.

Apmattribute

Specifies the CA APM attribute of the data synchronization object. To generate the name of the attribute, log in to the CA APM database using a database client tool and execute the following query:

select attribute_name, class_name, table_name, field_name from arg_attribute_def where class_name='object_name';

Use the value of the attribute_name column as the value for the Apmattribute XML attribute in the configuration XML.

Samattribute

Specifies the field name in the database table that the CA APM attributes map to in CA SAM. For the list of CA SAM objects and attributes, see the CA Software Asset Manager Administration Manual.

APMCriteria

Specifies the XML node that holds one or more child criteria nodes.

Criteria

Specifies the XML node that represents the criteria that is applied with the OR connector in the CA APM database table.