Sun IDM 7.1--5. How do I go about adding an extended attribute to the lighthouse user object, so that I can find users, via this attribute, or use this attribute in the resource dn templates, etc?

You add the values to the object: Configuration:User Extended Attributes

Example for attribute employeeId:

  <Extension>

    <List>

      <String>firstname</String>

      <String>lastname</String>

      <String>fullname</String>

      <String>employeeId </String>

    </List>

  </Extension>

Then add the same value to the sections SummaryAttrNames, QueryableAttrNames, AppletColumns, FindResults, FindSearchAttrs and RepoIndexAttrs in the object: Configuration:UserUIConfig

Ex:

    <SummaryAttrNames>

      <List>

        <String>role</String>

        <String>res</String>

        <String>prov</String>

        <String>dis</String>

        <String>lhdis</String>

        <String>MemberObjectGroups</String>

        <String>firstname</String>

        <String>lastname</String>

        <String>employeeId</String>

        <String>hasCapabilities</String>

      </List>

    </SummaryAttrNames>

Then you need to restart your application server.

Then you can create a field in user form / end user form etc

Ex:

      <Field name='global.employeeId'>

        <Display class='Text'>

          <Property name='title' value='Employee ID'/>

          <Property name='size' value='32'/>

          <Property name='maxLength' value='128'/>

        </Display>

      </Field>

The value will then get saved into the users object:

Ex:

  <Attribute name='firstname' type='string' value='Bill'/>

  <Attribute name='fullname' type='string' value='Bill The Cat/>

  <Attribute name='lastname' type='string' value='Cat'/>

  <Attribute name='employeeId' type='string' value='12345'/>

This extended attribute will also show up in the select list available for use in resource dn templates.