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Problem
As a Canadian, I find I try to use proper capitalization and punctuation whereever possible.
One place where this is a mistake is when naming an IDM Policy object - or any other object that is stored in eDirectory by its pretty name.
I like to use descriptive names for Policies and Rules, so they are somewhat self-explanatory.
For example:
[ACME] Rule to transform User Disables.
Solution
Do not end the policy name (which I like to create as a descriptive sentence) with a period. This will end up trying to create a rule called
[ACME] Rule to transform User Disables..acmedriver.acme
You can see the double period in the object name, which will not work in eDirectory well.
Easy enough to fix - use incorrect punctuation!
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It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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