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Create a Custom Mapping to Filter Items Containing a Particular Object Class Attribute from your Search Results (r6.x)

If you are using the Active Directory or LDAP namespaces in your SiteMinder connection to your user directory, you can define a virtual attribute mapping to a specific object class attribute in that directory. These mappings can help narrow your searches. For example, if your directory schema contains an object class attribute named "computer," you can create a virtual attribute to exclude items containing the "computer" attribute from your search results in the people picker.

To create a custom mapping to filter items containing a particular Object Class attribute from your search results

1. Open the following file with a text editor:

   policy_server_home\config\UserAttrMapping.txt
   

   policy_server_home

   Specifies the installation directory where your SiteMinder Policy Server is installed. The %NETE_PS_ROOT% environment variable points to this directory.

   Default: (Windows) C:\Program Files\CA

2. Locate the section that contains the name of your directory connection and any of the attribute mappings you added previously. The following example shows the default settings for a Sun Java System server:

   UserDirName=ldap-sunone
   GroupID=cn
   Email=mail
   UniversalID=uid
   DisplayName=cn
   

3. Add the following line to the bottom of the section that applies to your directory connection:

   FilterClass=object_class_attribute_name
   

   For example, if the name of your object class attribute is "computer," add the following:

   FilterClass=computer
   

4. Save the UserAttrMapping.txt file and close the text editor.

   The virtual attribute mappings are configured.