If Destination Attribute

Fields

Name

Specify the name of the attribute to test.

Operator

Select the condition test type.

Operator	Returns True when...
Available	There is a value available in the destination data store for the specified attribute.
Not Available	Available would return False.
Equal	There is a value available for the specified attribute in the destination data store that equals the specified value when compared using the specified comparison mode.
Not Equal	Equal would return False.
Greater Than	There is a value available for the specified attribute in the destination data store that is greater than the content of the condition when compared using the specified comparison mode. If mode=“structured”, the content must be a set of <component> elements; otherwise, it must be text.
Not Great Than	Greater Than or Equal would return False.
Less Than	There is a value available for the specified attribute in the destination data store that is greater than the content of the condition when compared using the specified comparison mode. If mode=“structured”, the content must be a set of <component> elements; otherwise, it must be text.
Not Less Than	Less Than or Equal would return False.

Value

Contains the value defined for the selected operator. The value is used by the condition. Each value supports variable expansion. For more information, see Variable Expansion. The operators that contain the value field are:

• Equal

• Not Equal

• Not Greater Than

• Less Than

• Not Less Than

Comparison Mode

Some condition tests have a mode parameter that indicates how the comparison is done.

Mode	Description
Case Sensitive	Character-by-character case sensitive comparison.
Case Insensitive	Character-by-character case insensitive comparison.
Regular Expression	The regular expression matches the entire string. It defaults to case insensitive, but can be changed by an escape in the expression. See Sun’s Web site. The pattern options CASE_INSENSITIVE, DOTALL, and UNICODE_CASE are used but can be reversed using the appropriate embedded escapes.
Source DN	Compares using semantics appropriate to the DN format for the source data store.
Destination DN	Compares using semantics appropriate to the DN format for the destination data store.
Numeric	Compares numerically.
Binary	Compares the binary information.
Structured	Compares the structured attribute according to the comparison rules for the structured syntax of the attribute.

The operators that contain the comparison mode parameter are:

• Equal

• Not Equal

• Not Greater Than

• Less Than

• Not Less Than

Example

The example uses the condition If Attribute to govern group membership for a User object based on the title. The policy is Govern Groups for User Based on Title Attribute, and it is available for download from the Novell Support Web site. For more information, see Downloading Identity Manager Policies in Understanding Policies for Identity Manager 3.5.1 . To view the policy in XML, see 004-CommandGroupChangeOnTitleChange.xml.

The policy checks to see if the value of the title attribute contains manager.