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Deleting an attribute from the FIM Portal schema

Posted on January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Carol

To completely remove a binding and/or an attribute from the schema you need to do two things: Make sure it is removed from every MPR, Workflow, Set definition, Search Scope, Email Template etc. A simple way is to use the ExportPolicy script and then just search for the attribute in the resulting file. NULL the…

FIM Best Practice: Don’t create new object types for the same basic ‘thing’

Posted on September 30, 2012August 21, 2022 by Carol

It is almost always a bad idea to create extra objects types for the same basic “thing”. An object type should encompass all the possible states an identity can transition to. A person can never become a group, but they can definitely be staff, contractor or student (sometimes all at the same time) so a…