Log in to your Design Console with the "superuser" account for Oracle Identity Manager (that is, enter xelsysadm in the User ID field and abcd1234 in the Password field).

Expand the Development Tools folder and double-click the Adapter Factory node.

Complete the upper portion of the Adapter Factory form as follows:

Click Save.

Linda is now ready to create a task and variable for this process task adapter. An adapter task is a Java class that she can create through the Adapter Factory form. As Linda creates this adapter, she may need to map data to the parameters of this task for the adapter to work. For this reason, Linda must create a placeholder to map this data at run time. This placeholder is known as an adapter variable.

In the next section of this procedure, Linda is to create an adapter variable. This variable is created through the Variable List tab of the Adapter Factory form.

Click the Variable List tab of this form.

Click Add.

The "Add a variable" window appears.

Complete the fields of this window as follows:

Note: By selecting Resolve at runtime from the Map To drop-down menu, Linda specifies that this adapter variable’s mapping occurs later, at run time. By selecting this option, the reusability of the adapter increases.

Click Save. Then, click Close.

Note: If a Closing Form window appears, click Yes.

The Variable List tab is active again.

Linda is now ready to create an adapter task. This task is created through the Adapter Tasks tab of the Adapter Factory form.

Click the Adapter Tasks tab of this form.

Click Add.

The Adapter Task Selection window appears.

Select the Logic Task option. Then, from the display area to the right of it, select SET VARIABLE, and click Continue.

The Add Set Variable Task Parameters window appears.

Note: Linda is creating a set variable task because she needs to reassign the value of an adapter variable to another adapter variable. The task that enables her to reallocate an adapter variable’s value is known as a set variable task.

Complete the fields of this window as follows:

Click Save. Then, click Close.

Note: If a Closing Form window appears, click Yes.

The Adapter Tasks tab is active again.

Linda is now ready to compile this process task adapter. As a result, the adapter can be used to transfer a modified password from a centralized user account into the user's resource-related account. Linda compiles the process task adapter by clicking the Build button on the Adapter Factory form.

Click Save.

Click Build.

OK appears within the Compile Status field.

This signifies that Linda compiled this process task adapter successfully. It can now be used to transfer the modified password of a centralized user account into the resource with which a user is provisioned. For this OBE, Robert functions as the user and an Oracle database serves as the resource.

However, for this to happen, Linda needs to add a process task to the provisioning process of the Oracle Identity Manager Connector that is associated with the resource. This way, she can attach the process task adapter to it and map the adapter's run-time variables.

In the next section of this OBE, Linda learns how to create a task for the provisioning process.

Complete the fields of this window as follows:

Note: To modify a value, which appears within a field of the form that holds a centralized user account (that is, the Create User form), Oracle Identity Manager uses the “Change User + Label” naming convention. Therefore, because Linda is updating Robert's password, and the form label, which holds this value, is Password, the name of the process task must be Change User Password.

Click Save.

The Change User Password task is created. Linda is now ready to specify a dependency for this task. That is, Oracle Identity Manager cannot execute the Change User Password task unless an account, containing a password, is first created for a user. This action is represented by the Create Login task.

Linda sets the dependency between the Create Login task and the Change User Password task through the Task Dependency tab of the Creating New Task window.

Click Save. Then, click Close.

Note: If a Closing Form window appears, click Yes.

The Process Definition form is active again.

Linda added the Change User Password process task to the DataBase Access (Login) provisioning process. In the next section of this OBE, she is to attach the Update Oracle Identity Manager Password adapter to this process task and map the adapter's run-time variables. By doing so, Oracle Identity Manager can pass the modified password of a centralized user account into the resource with which a user is provisioned, thereby synchronizing the user's account with both systems.

In the next section of this OBE, Linda learns how to attach an adapter to a provisioning process task and map the adapter’s variables.

Click the Integration tab.

Click Add.

The Handler Selection window appears.

Select the Adapter option. Select the adpUPDATEORACLEIDENTITYMANAGERPASSWORD adapter from the Handler Name pane. Click Save.

A Confirmation window appears. Click OK.

Note: If a Closing Form window appears, click Yes.

The Editing Task window is active again.

Note: The status of this adapter is Mapping Incomplete because its variables are not yet mapped. Linda is now ready to map the variables for this adapter.

Click the Adapter return value variable. Click Map.

The Edit Data Mapping For Variable window appears.

Complete the fields of this window as follows:

Click Save. Then, click Close.

The Editing Task window is active again.

Click the Password variable. Click Map.

The Edit Data Mapping For Variable window appears.

Complete the fields of this window as follows:

Click Save. Then, click Close.

The Editing Task window is active again.

Note: The status of this adapter is now Ready because all of its variables are mapped.

Click Save. Then, click Close.

Note: If a Closing Form window appears, click Yes.

The Process Definition form is active again.

Linda attached the Update Oracle Identity Manager Password adapter to the Change User Password process task and mapped the adapter's run-time variables. As a result, Linda can use Oracle Identity Manager to change the password of a user's centralized account. After this happens, Oracle Identity Manager transfers this modified password into the resource with which a user is provisioned, thereby synchronizing the user's account with both systems.

For this OBE, Robert functions as the user and an Oracle database serves as the resource.

In the next section of this OBE, Linda changes the password of Robert's centralized user account. Then, Oracle Identity Manager passes this modified password into Robert's resource-related account (that is, an Oracle database).

Select User ID from the combo box that appears in this form. Then, in the text box that appears to the right of the combo box, enter the ID of the target user (that is, RLAVALLI). Click Search User.

From the result set that appears, click the link that represents the ID of the target user.

The User Detail form is displayed. Click Change Password.

The Change Password form appears.

Complete the fields of this form as follows:

Click Save Password.

The User Detail form is active again. This signifies that Linda changed the password of Robert's centralized account. Oracle Identity Manager transfers this modified password into the resource with which Robert is provisioned (that is, an Oracle database). As a result, Robert's account is synchronized with both systems.

In the next section of this OBE, Linda verifies that the updated login credentials for Robert (that is, his existing ID and modified password) can be used to access this database. For this OBE, this is accomplished by using Oracle SQL*Plus Client.

Populate the fields of the Log On window as follows:

Click OK.

The following text appears within the Oracle*SQL Plus window:

This signifies that Robert's updated login credentials (that is, his existing ID and modified password) can be used to access the Oracle database. As a result, the modified Oracle Identity Manager password replaces his existing resource-related password, thereby synchronizing Robert's account with both systems.