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NIM

Systems

A system is an external IT application or database that has been connected to NIM. All data that NIM reads & writes ultimately comes from, or goes to, a system. Adding systems is a prerequisite for doing anything else in NIM.

There is no strong distinction between source and target systems. The same system can act as a source system in one context, and as a target system in another context. See Sources and targets.

To get started, Add a system or Import a system.

The following systems are officially supported:

  • Active Directory

  • Aeries

  • AFAS Profit

  • Azure Active Directory

  • BambooHR

  • CSV files (source only)

  • Windows file system (target only)

  • Google Workspace

  • Microsoft Exchange

  • Microsoft Exchange Online

  • Microsoft SQL

  • Oracle SQL

  • PowerSchool

  • Skyward Qmlativ

It is also possible to add proprietary systems. This requires creating Custom connectors (REST or PowerShell).

Note

The two most important aspects of a system are:

  1. Its data model (see Data models)

  2. The data collected from it, which is structured according to the configured data model (see Collection)

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