Novell Doc: Designer 3.5 for Identity Manager 3.6 Administration Guide

6.7 Managing a Copy of an Application Schema

The Identity Manager engine currently uses the application schema for the following:

DirXML® Script uses the dn-format/dn-delims to figure out how to parse or convert DNs coming from and going to the application.
The multi-valued flag on attributes that are used during the attribute merge process that happens as part of a match, resync, or migrate.

6.7.1 Editing an Application’s Schema

Designer enables you to manage a copy of the connected system’s schema. You can make changes to a copy of the application schema so that you can test the Identity Manager drivers in Designer. The schema changes cannot be deployed into the live application schema.

Right-click the driver connection in Designer, then select Manage Application Schema.

Add, rename, or delete the application’s classes or attributes, then click OK.

A list of attributes for an example class

Field	Description
DN format	Specifies the separator character used when specifying distinguished names. For example, admin.utah.novell.com.
Classes	Lists all of the classes stored in Designer from the application’s schema.
Add a class	Adds a new class.
Rename class	Renames the selected class.
Delete class	Deletes the selected class.
Refresh application schema	Provides a new copy of the application’s schema.This option is useful if the application schema changes.
Help	Launches the Help documentation for the Manage Schema tool.
Flags: Container	Specifies whether the class is a container.
ASN1	The unique ID of the class.
Attributes of This Class	Lists all of the attributes stored in Designer for the selected class from the application’s schema.
Add an attribute	Adds a new attribute for the selected class.
Rename attribute	Renames the selected attribute.
Delete attribute	Deletes the selected attribute.
Flags	Specifies the details of the attribute. To edit the flags, select an attribute.
Type	Specifies the syntax of the attribute. To view the syntax, select an attribute. To change the syntax, select an option from the drop-down list.

6.7.2 Refreshing the Application Schema

If the application schema changes, you can get a new copy of the application’s schema by refreshing the application schema.

Right-click the driver connection, then select Live > Refresh Application Schema.
Click the browse icon.
Browse to and select the server where the driver is installed, then click OK twice.