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Identity Manager Directories

An Identity Manager directory describes how objects, such as users, groups, and (optionally) organizations are stored in the user store and represented in CA Identity ManagerIdentity Manager. A Identity Manager directory is associated with one or more Identity Manager environments.

The following illustration shows how an Identity Manager directory relates to a user store:

Mapping attributes in a User Database to a DirectoryMapping attributes to an Administrator Directory

Note: Some user attributes in the database are not part of the Identity Manager directory, and therefore not managed by Identity Manager.