6.1 Defining Custom Object Classes and Properties

You can define your own custom types of properties and add them as optional properties to existing object classes as needed. (You can't add mandatory properties to existing classes.) You can also define entirely new classes of objects that contain both standard and custom properties.

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6.1.1 Defining a Custom Property

  1. Click anywhere in the eDirectory tree whose schema you want to extend.

  2. Click Tools > Schema Manager.

  3. On the Attributes tab, click Create.

  4. Follow the instructions in the wizard to define the new property.

    Help is available throughout the wizard.

6.1.2 Adding Optional Properties to a Class

  1. Click anywhere in the eDirectory tree whose schema you want to extend.

  2. Click Tools > Schema Manager.

  3. On the Classes tab, select the class you want to modify > click Add.

  4. In the list on the left, double-click the properties you want to add.

    If you add a property by mistake, double-click it in the list on the right.

  5. Click OK.

    Objects you create of this class will now have the properties you added. To set values for the added properties, use the generic Other property page of the object.

6.1.3 Defining a Custom Object Class

  1. Click anywhere in the eDirectory tree whose schema you want to extend.

  2. Click Tools > Schema Manager.

  3. On the Classes tab, click Create.

  4. Follow the instructions in the wizard to define the object class.

    Help is available throughout the wizard.

    If you need to define custom properties to add to the object class, cancel the class creation wizard and define the custom properties first as explained above.