Policy Server Guides › Policy Design Guide › Global Policies, Rules, and Responses Dialogs Reference › Global Response Attribute Editor Dialog › SiteMinder Global Response Attribute Editor Dialog Fields and Controls › Attribute Fields Group Box

Attribute Fields Group Box

The Attribute Fields group box contains fields that specify information about the selected attribute type. The fields in this group box are context-sensitive, being determined according to the selection made in the Attribute Kind group box.

Variable Name field

Defines the name of the attribute SiteMinder returns in a header variable.

Note: Some of the attributes you can select from the Attribute drop-down list use default names and do not require you to enter a Variable Name.

Cookie Name field

Defines the name of the attribute SiteMinder returns in a cookie.

Variable Value field

Defines the static text that will be returned as the second half of the attribute name/value pair SiteMinder returns in a header variable.

Cookie Value field

Defines static text for the value of the attribute name/value pair SiteMinder returns in a cookie.

Attribute Name field

Defines the attribute in a user directory that provides the attribute value.

DN Spec field

Defines the distinguished name of the user group from which SiteMinder should retrieve the user attribute. The DN must be related to the users for whom you want to return values to the consumer.

Lookup button

Opens the SiteMinder User Lookup Dialog to locate the user group and select a DN to populate the DN Spec field.

Library Name field

Defines the name of the shared library that will retrieve values for the response attribute.

You can include a path in the Library Name, however, it is not required. If you do not specify a path, the Policy Server uses the default PATH for your system to search for the shared library at run-time.

You should not include a file extension for the shared library.

For example, if you are using a Windows platform and your shared library is called lib.dll, and is located in the \SiteMinder\bin\ directory, you simply need to enter lib in the Library Name field.

Function Name field

Defines the name of the function in the shared library that will be called to retrieve values for the response attribute.

Parameters field

(Optional) Defines the list of parameters the Policy Server passes to the function in the shared library.