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Enumerations

You can define a set of enumerated values in the metadata and link the enumeration to an attribute (property). This is useful where an attribute has one or more values coming from a fixed set of choices.

Define each enumeration once in the metadata and then link it to every attribute where you require the enumeration, for example:

<enum name="SoftdrinkVarieties">

<val ordinal="4" displayName="Orange">orange</val>

<val ordinal="3" displayName="Lemon">lemon</val>

<val ordinal="2" displayName="Lime">lime</val>

<val ordinal="1" displayName="Cola">cola</val>    

</enum>

<property name="eTDYN-str-multi-01">

<value>

<enumValue def="SoftdrinkVarieties"></enumValue>                

</value>

The Provisioning Manager GUI plug-ins and CA IdentityMinder web-screen renders these as drop-down lists.