Associating Organizational Structures with LDAP Domains and Defining Attribute Mappings

You can associate organizational structures with LDAP domains and define attribute mappings using the LDAP Association and Mapping page.

Note:Use the Custom User-Attribute Names page to define any custom attributes that you require. These custom user attributes enable you to provide and map to user information that is specific to your enterprise.

To map LDAP attributes to organizational structure levels:

From the Reporting tab, under Organizational Structures, click Organizational Structures.

If necessary, add an organizational structure. (Only one mapping can be defined per organizational structure.)

Select the checkbox to the left of the organizational structure to which you want to add the LDAP association, and click the Add LDAP association button (at the top of the page). The LDAP Domain Association and Mapping page is displayed.

From the Domain list, select the domain from which you want to import organizational-structure data.

If you select a new domain from the list after completing some of the mapping, the attribute mappings will be reset.

In the Attribute Retrieval User ID field, specify the LDAP user ID that you want FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications to use to retrieve the attribute list, then click Retrieve Attribute List for User.

This populates the mapping sections of the page using the specified user’s LDAP attributes.

In the Attribute-Organizational Structure Mapping section, map the LDAP attributes to the organizational-structure levels. The first level (Level 1) will be the name of the organizational structure with which you are associating the LDAP domain. The last level should be user names (leaf nodes of the organizational structure).

After LDAP data is imported, this attribute-organizational structure mapping cannot be changed. (This section will be displayed as view only.)

In the User Attribute Mapping section, map the user attributes.

To test the mapping, specify a user ID in the User ID field, then click Test mapping for selected user.

The mapping test shows the attribute data for the specified user to the right of the Level mapping menus (in the Attribute - Organizational Structure Mapping section).

Click Save mapping.