3.4 Working with Relationships

The Relationships node allows you to define relationships between entities defined in the directory abstraction layer. The relationship can be between like entities (such as user/user) or unlike entities (such as user/device). The relationships are used by the Org Chart portlet.

The following relationships are defined, by default, for the user application:

To successfully deploy a relationship, all of the components (entities and attributes) of the relationship must already be deployed.

To create a new relationship:

  1. You can create a new relationship in any of these ways:

    From Designer’s menus:

    • Select File > New > Provisioning. Choose Directory Abstraction Layer Relationship, then click Next.

    • Select DAL > New > Relationship.

    From the provisioning view:

    • Select Relationships, right-click and choose Add.

    From the directory abstraction layer editor:

    • Click the Add Relationship button.

    • Select Relationships node right-click and choose Add Relationship.

    The New Relationship dialog box displays.

    NOTE:When launched from the File menu, the dialog box contains fields not displayed when launched in other ways.

    Illustration

  2. Fill in the fields as follows:

    Field

    What to do

    Identity Manager Project and Provisioning Application

    Select the correct Identity Manager project and Provisioning Application.

    NOTE:This field displays when you create relationships from the File menu.

    Relationship Key

    Type a unique value for the relationship key.

    Display Label

    Type the string to display when the relationship displays in the user application.

  3. Click Finish.

    The editor creates the relationship and opens the property page for editing.

    Illustration

    For property definitions, see Section 3.7.3, Relationship Properties.

To delete a relationship:

  1. Select the relationship you want to delete.

  2. Right-click and choose Delete.