These actions let you use Asset Lifecycle Manager to initiate
and automate common Active Directory tasks.
Before you can define Active Directory actions, you need to
provide the LDAP path and credentials to connect to the Active
Directory users or groups you want to include as participants in
workflow processes. See Configuring
users/groups.
The Active Directory actions you can automate in Asset Lifecycle
Manager are described below.
Add/remove from group
This action lets you add a user to or remove a user from an
Active Directory group. When the action occurs in the course of a
process, the user is added to or removed from the specified Active
Directory group.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Action: (Advanced) The action to perform on
this group.
Connection:
(Advanced) The Active Directory connection to use for this
action.
Group name:
(Advanced) The Active Directory group in which the user will be
added or removed.
User name:
(Advanced) The login name of the Active Directory user being
added.
Create/delete group
This action lets you create or delete an Active Directory group.
When the action occurs in the course of a process, the group is
created or deleted in the specified Active Directory location.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Action:
(Advanced) Create or delete group.
Connection:
(Advanced) The Active Directory connection to use for this
action.
Group name:
(Advanced) The name to assign to the group being created.
Type:
(Advanced) The type of group to create.
Create/delete user
This action lets you create or delete an account for an Active
Directory user. When the action occurs in the course of a process,
the user's account is created or deleted in the specified Active
Directory location.
Account options:
(Advanced) Select one or more options from the list. A unique
number will be assigned to represent the selected options.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Action: (Advanced) Create or delete user.
Connection:
(Advanced) The Active Directory connection to use for this
action.
Attributes:
(Advanced) Attributes associated with the user.
Create mailbox:
(Advanced) Create a MS Exchange mailbox for the user. Exchange
settings need to be specified in the Domain settings dialog box in
the Database utility (see "Advanced" under Configuring users/groups).
Display name:
(Advanced) A display name for this user.
Given name:
(Advanced) The user's first name.
Login name:
(Advanced) The user's login name.
OU:
(Advanced) The user's Organizational Unit.
Password:
(Advanced) Initial password for the user.
Surname:
(Advanced) The user's last name.
Get/set user information
This action lets you get or set new attributes or values for an
Active Directory user's account. When the action occurs in the
course of a process, the specified changes are made to the user's
account.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Action type:
(Advanced) The type of the action.
Attribute action:
(Advanced) Select whether to get or set the Active Directory user
attribute.
Attributes:
(Advanced) The attributes to get or set for this Active Directory
user. Click the ellipsis (...), click Add, and type the
attribute you want to change. You can also insert field mappings.
Multiple attributes for the Set action are represented as
name=value pairs, separated by the caret symbol (^) and can be
modified from the value box. (The Get action only lets you obtain
one value per action.)
Connection: (Advanced) The Active Directory
connection to use for this action.
User name:
(Advanced) The user's login name.
Results:
(Advanced) The mapped field where you want to store the results of
this action. This only works when a Get is performed.
Reset password
This action lets you set or change a password for an Active
Directory user. When the action occurs in the course of a process,
the specified user's password is changed. It isn't necessary to
provide the user's current password; only the new password is
required.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Connection: (Advanced) The Active Directory
connection to use for this action.
Password:
(Advanced) The new password to assign.
User name:
(Advanced) The user's login name.
Update account
This action lets you change or set new account options for an
Active Directory user. When the action occurs in the course of a
process, the specified changes are made to the user's account.
Account options:
(Advanced) Select one or more options from the list. A unique
number will be assigned to represent the selected options.
Name: Descriptive name for the action.
Attributes: (Advanced) The attributes to get
or set for this Active Directory user. Click the ellipsis (...),
clickAdd, and type the attribute you want to change. You can also
insert field mappings. Multiple attributes are represented as
name=value pairs, are separated by the carat symbol (^), and can be
modified from the value box. The Get action only lets you obtain
one value per action.
Connection: (Advanced) The Active Directory
connection to use for this action.