Synchronization Configuration Objects

For each Synchonization Configuration Objects , there is a dedicated page to understand in details how they can be configured and for what :

Synchronization Common Configuration Concepts

Application Connector

REST Connector

Application — Application is the main synchronization configuration entry point. An "Application" conceptually designates a remote system, external to Synchronization Service, exposing a repository of accounts (or organizations), such as a LDAP directory, or a CSV file. Usually an Application is configured to perform either “inbound” operations, such as importing a CSV file, or “outbound” operations, such as provisioning an LDAP directory. Technically, the same Application could be configured to perform both inbound and outbound operations, but this is a rare functional case, because most of the time there is a single “authoritative side”. For example, a HR CSV file is the unique “source of truth” to create or update IM Identities, and in turn IM Identities are the source of truth to create or update accounts in a LDAP directory. The Application namely defines “attribute mappings”, i.e. how to map an IDM object’s attributes (such as a last name) with the attributes of an object belonging to a remote system, such as the columns of a CSV file or the attributes of an LDAP account. Attribute mapping rules may vary according to the type of an IDM object, e.g. for an IDM object of type “employee” the mapped attributes could differ from an IDM object of type “partner”. An Application's population may thus be divided into several IDM Object Types, hence the possible diversification, within an Application's configuration, of sub-configurations per Object Type, as shown in the schema below:

Application Profile — An Application Profile targets a specific Application, e.g. the "Trade" Active Directory. Having an Application Profile always implies having an account on the target Application.

Synchronization Task Definition — Synchronization Task Definition configures the settings used to launch inbound synchronization tasks.

Pre-Synchronization Tasks — Pre-Synchronization Tasks configures the settings used to launch the pre processing task.

Synchronization Task Post Processing — Synchronization Task Post Processing Definition allows to configure the settings used to launch the post processing task.

Provisioning Task Definition — Provisioning Task Definition configures the settings used to launch provisioning tasks, namely by specifying the target Application id.

Provisioning Task Post Processing — Provisioning Task Post Processing Definition configures the settings used to launch the provisioning processing task.

Orchestration Task — An Orchestration Task chains the execution of some of those tasks, by defining dependencies between tasks, and conditions to trigger or skip their execution.