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Set the imlanguage HTTP Header in a CA SiteMinder Response

When CA Identity Manager integrates with CA SiteMinder, you can define a user’s locale preference using an imlanguage HTTP header. In CA SiteMinder, you set this header within a CA SiteMinder response and specify a user attribute as the header’s value. This imlanguage header acts as the highest priority locale preference for a user.

To set the imlanguage HTTP header in a CA SiteMinder response

1. Log in to one of the following interfaces as an administrator with Domain privileges:
   • For CA SiteMinder Web Access Manager r12 or higher, log in to the Administrative UI.
   • For CA eTrust SiteMinder 6.0 SP5, log in to the Policy Server User Interface.

   Note: For information on using these interfaces, see the documentation for the version of CA SiteMinder that you are using.

2. Locate the CA SiteMinder response for the protected CA Identity Manager environment:

   Identity Manager-environmentresponse_ims

3. Create a CA SiteMinder Response Attribute Editor with the following values:
   • Attribute: WebAgent-HTTP-Header-Variable

     This adds a new HTTP header to the response.

   • Attribute Kind: User Attribute
   • Variable Name: imlanguage
   • Attribute Name: Enter the name of the physical attribute from the user directory that contains the preferred locale, for example, employeetype.

     The contents of the user attribute in the user directory should contain a language preference consisting of a two-letter language abbreviation followed by an optional two-letter country code, separated by a hyphen or underscore. The language preference setting in the user attribute is not case-sensitive, as in the following examples:

     • ja
     • en-US
     • en_uk
4. Save the response.

   The imlanguage HTTP header is now set in a CA SiteMinder response.