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Configure a Web Agent Response Attribute

Web Agent responses can have a wide range of response attributes. These attributes include HTTP header variables, cookie variables, redirections to other resources, text, and timeout values. For details about most specific Web Agent response attribute types, see the SiteMinder Web Agent Guide.

Note: When you create or modify a Policy Server object in the Policy Server User Interface, use ASCII characters. Object creation or modification with non-ASCII characters is not supported.

To configure a Web Agent response attribute

1. In the SiteMinder Response dialog, make sure the SiteMinder radio button is selected in the Agent Type group box and Web Agent is selected in the drop-down list.
2. Click Create.

   The SiteMinder Response Attribute Editor dialog opens.

   From the Attribute drop down list, select the type of response attribute you want to add to the Web Agent response. For complete descriptions of response attributes, see the SiteMinder Web Agent Guide.

3. In the Attribute Setup tab, select a radio button for the type of response attribute in the Attribute Kind group box.

   You can select one of the following radio buttons: Static, User Attribute, DN Attribute, or Active Response.

   Note: If you select the DN Attribute radio button, you may also select the Allow Nested Groups check box. Selecting this check box allows SiteMinder to return a response with an attribute contained in a group that is nested in a group specified by a policy. Nested groups often occur in complex LDAP deployments.

   Your selection from the Attribute drop-down list and the response attribute type radio button you select determine the available fields in the Attribute Fields group box.

4. If you selected the Static radio button, in the Attribute Fields group box, complete the Variable Name and Variable Value fields (for header variables) or the Cookie Name and Cookie Value fields (for cookie variables).

   For example, to return the name/value pair show_content=yes to the Web Agent, enter show_content in the Variable Name field, and yes in the Variable Value field.

5. If you selected the User Attribute radio button, in the Attribute Fields group box, complete the Variable Name (or Cookie Name for cookie variables) and Attribute Name fields.

   For example, to return the value of a user’s email attribute to the Web Agent, enter email_address in the Variable Name field, and email (where email is the name of the attribute in the user directory) in the Attribute Name field.

   Note: For a list of automatically generated SiteMinder user attributes that can be used in responses, see SiteMinder Generated User Attributes.

6. If you selected the DN Attribute radio button, in the Attribute Fields group box, complete the Variable Name (or Cookie Name for cookie variables), DN Spec, and Attribute Name fields.

   If the response attribute will be retrieved from an LDAP user directory that contains nested groups (groups that contain other groups), and you want the Policy Server to retrieve DN attributes from the nested groups, select the Allow Nested Groups check box in the Attribute Kind group box.

7. If you selected the Active Response radio button, in the Attribute Fields group box, complete the Variable Name field (or Cookie Name for cookie variables), Library Name and Function Name fields. Optionally, complete the Parameters field.
8. If you selected the Variable radio button, in the Attribute Fields group box, complete the Variable Name (or Cookie Name for cookie variables) and Variable fields.
9. Click Apply to save your changes, or click OK to save your changes and return to the SiteMinder Administration window.

More information:

Response Attribute Editor Dialog

Response Attribute Types