People Finder attribute mapping

The collaboration integration relies on a predefined set of Virtual Member Manager (VMM) user and group attributes to function properly, while the LDAP server may use a different set of predefined user and group attributes. If a portal attribute is available under a different name on the LDAP server, we can map the portal attribute to the corresponding LDAP attribute. To use an attribute as search attribute or to see its value in the search result, you must to map the attribute. Portal attributes that do not correspond to an LDAP attribute should be flagged as unsupported.

The collaboration products use these attributes:

• displayName

• ibm-primaryEmail

• givenName

• dn
• cn

• sn

• uid

Mapping the following attributes ensures that users see the appropriate values when People Finder displays an individual's User Profile, or when they search by attribute (for example, to find all users who have the same preferred language or whose telephone number starts with the same area code).

# name of the portal attribute standalone.ldap.attributes.mapping.portalName=ibm-primaryEmail,ibm-jobTitle, stateOrProvinceName,countryName,localityName,street,employeeNumber,roomNumber, preferredLanguage,labeledURI,ibm-personalTitle

# name of the LDAP attribute standalone.ldap.attributes.mapping.ldapName=mail,title,st,c,l,OfficeStreetAddress, EmployeeID,physicalDeliveryOfficeName,preferredLanguage,url, personalTitle

If we are using a federated LDAP user registry instead of standalone LDAP, the parameter names are federated.ldap.attributes.mapping.portalName and federated.ldap.attributes.mapping.ldapName. For detailed instructions, see Adapting the attribute configuration under the section of the contento that explains how to configure Portal to use a user registry on a particular platform.

Parent: People Finder
Related:
Paginating search results in the People Finder
Enable People Finder for anonymous users
Edit CSEnvironment.properties
Related reference:
People Finder configuration reference
People Finder interaction with other portlets
Member Manager and People Finder