Create the Active Directory account mapping

Provisioning tutorial · Step 7 of 10

Map selected employee data into an Active Directory create operation.

Create and test the mapping that turns each selected HR500 employee into an Active Directory user.

Add the mapping

1. Go to Output > Mappings.

2. Click Add.

3. Enter these values:

   Setting	Value
   System	AD
   Target	Users
   Function	UserCreate
   Name	HR500_AD_UserCreate

4. Click Save.

Configure the mapping

1. Select HR500_AD_User_Create as the Filter, ng_AD as the Name Generator, and pg_AD as the Password Generator. NIM combines their output in the Items pane.

2. In the Items pane, click the > button to preview the first record.

3. Drag values from Items into the target attributes. Map the following values:

   Attribute	Item or value	Note
   accountPassword	pg_AD
   cn	ng_cn
   employeeID	employee_id
   Enabled	true	Type true manually.
   givenName	first_name
   path	OU=users,OU=docs,DC=t4edemo,DC=com	Type the path for your environment manually.
   sAMAccountName	ng_sAMAccountName
   sn	last_name
   userPrincipalName	ng_userPrincipalName

tip

Attributes shown in bold are required. Confirm that every required AD attribute has a value before saving.

4. Click Save.

Test one operation

1. Open Run, select one row in Operation, and click Run Selected Item.

2. Confirm that the user was created in Active Directory.

3. If the operation fails, open the linked entry in the Context column to inspect its detailed log.