Add LDAP data to the Profiles database
Populate the Profiles database with information from the LDAP server by using the Profiles population wizard or by populating the database manually.
About this task
The Profiles population wizard provides an interface to make it easier for you to populate the Profiles database with information from your LDAP directory. Alternatively, if you do not want to use the wizard, you can populate the database manually by manually updating the profiles_tdi.properties file in the TDI directory.To populate the Profiles database with information from the LDAP server, do one of the following:
- Run the Profiles population wizard on the server where Tivoli Directory Integrator is installed. For more information, see Use the Profiles population wizard.
- Populate the Profiles database manually by updating the property values relevant to your configuration in the profiles_tdi.properties file. For more information, see Manually populating the Profiles database.
Use the Profiles population wizard
Use the Profiles population wizard to populate the IBM Connections Profiles database with data from the LDAP directory.Use the Profiles population wizard in silent mode
Run the Profiles population wizard in silent mode to populate the Profiles database.Manually populating the Profiles database
Instead of using the Profiles population wizard, you can manually populate the database.Mapping fields manually
To populate the Profiles database with data from the enterprise LDAP directory, map the content of the fields in the database to the fields in the LDAP directory.Attribute mapping for Profiles
When the Profiles directory service is enabled, IBM Connections relies on the Profiles database to provide user data such as user name, ID, and email.Population functions for populating ID into PROF_GUID
The following table shows the population functions that are used in TDI scripts to populate ID into PROF_GUID.
Parent topic
Populating the Profiles databaseRelated concepts
Add supplemental content to Profiles
Related tasks
Configure Tivoli Directory IntegratorRelated reference
Report-to chains for Profiles
Batch files for processing Profiles data