If Operation

Performs a test on the name of the current operation. The type of test performed depends on the specified operator.

Fields

Operator

Select the condition test type.

Operator

Returns True when...

Equal

The name of the current operation is equal to the content of the condition when compared using the specified comparison mode.

Not Equal

Equal would return False.

Greater Than

The name of the current operation is greater than content of the condition when compared using the specified comparison mode.

Not Greater Than

Greater Than would return False.

Less Than

The name of the current operation is less than content of the condition when compared using the specified comparison mode.

Not Less Than

Less Than would return False.

Value

Contains the value defined for the select 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

  • Greater Than

  • Not Greater Than

  • Less Than

  • Not Less Than

The values are the operations that the Metadirectory engine looks for:

  • add

  • add-association

  • check-object-password

  • check-password

  • delete

  • get-named-password

  • init-params

  • instance

  • modify

  • modify-association

  • modify-password

  • move

  • password

  • query

  • query-schema

  • remove-association

  • rename

  • schema-def

  • status

  • sync

This list is not exclusive. Custom operations can be implemented by drivers and administrators.

Comparison Mode

The condition has a comparison mode parameter that indicates how a 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.

The operators that contain the comparison mode parameter are:

  • Equal

  • Not Equal

  • Greater Than

  • Not Greater Than

  • Less Than

  • Not Less Than

Example

The example adds a User object to the appropriate group, Employee or Manager, based on Title. It also creates the group, if needed, and sets up security equal to that group. The policy name 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. To view the policy in XML, see 003-Command-AddCreateGroups.xml.

Places users in the appropriate group depending upon their title
Operation

The condition is checking to see if an Add or Modify operation has occurred. When one of these occurs, it sets the local variables.