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Natively Generated Attribute Values

Some endpoint systems are capable of generating the values for some attributes, instead of them being passed in by client applications.

For example, the JDBC connector supports generation of primary or alternate keys for objects in two ways (refer to the JDBC compound metadata documents and related JMeter tests):

• Through "sequences" (used by Oracle) where the sequence name can be provided using the "connectorGenerator" string metadata setting on the attribute for which values are to be generated. This sequence is then used to generate the value during the ADD operation.
• Through "identity columns" (used by Microsoft SQL) where the attribute is simply tagged with the "isConnectorGenerated" Boolean metadata setting. The setting informs the CA IAM CS framework that no value should be provided for this attribute during the ADD request as the endpoint system automatically assigns it a value.

  You can use these metadata settings for the same generic purpose in any connector implementation, where the endpoint system supports similar ways of automatically generating attribute values.