5.4 Populating custom fields with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 

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The process of populating out-of-the-box attributes is covered in chapter [4.0 Tivoli Directory Integrator]. There are extra steps that you have to do when working with extension attributes through IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator:

• Add new attribute to tdi-profiles-config.xml in <TDI_solution_directory_root>/conf/LotusConnections-config/. For details see the following topic in documentation: http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/dx/Populating_custom_extension_attributes_ic301
• Make sure you are using the _extAttrs_ prefix for the Profiles extension attributes when adding a work attribute into your Profile Connector.
• An extension attribute is assessable through the Profile Connector as an array of three string fields: "name:"; "dataType:" and "value:". You should use extra scripting to work with these fields to read or write data to or from them. For example of such script, see step 5.b in section Populating custom attribute using TDI of 12.1 Adding and populating custom attribute in Profiles for OSC Dynamic Feed

Note: There is an example of populating custom attributes using TDI in 12.2 Configuring IBM Connections Plugin and Microsoft Outlook Social Connector

Parent topic: 5.0 Customizing Profiles