Attaching fields to represent inetorgperson data


After you create a vendor form, you populate the form with fields that contain data from your inetorgperson data source.

To add a field to represent the uid attribute in the inetorgperson data source

  1. In Developer Studio, open the vendor form you created in Creating-the-inetorgperson-vendor-form.
  2. Right-click on the form and select Add Fields from tableName.
     The tableName variable is the object represented by ldap://LDAPDirectoryServiceHost/o=remedy.com??sub?(objectclass= inetorgperson).
  3. In the Add Fields dialog box, select a field to add and click OK.
  4. Position the field on your form, as required.
  5. Select the field so that its properties are displayed on the Properties tab.
  6. On the Properties tab, expand the Vendor Information category.
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  7. Change the value of the Column property to uid.
  8. Click File > Save.

You can also define an attribute to support more than one value. For more information, see Specifying multivalued attributes.

Alternative method of adding a field to represent the uid attribute

  1. Open the form where you want to add a field.
  2. To add a character field to the form, select Form > Create a New Field > Character.
  3. Select the field so that its properties are displayed in the Properties tab.
  4. On the Properties tab, expand the Display category.
  5. Change the value of the Label property to User ID.
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  6. On the Properties tab, expand the Database category.
  7. Change the value of the Entry Mode property to Required.
  8. On the Properties tab, expand the Vendor Information category.
  9. Change the value of the Column property to uid.
  10. Position the field on your form, as required.
  11. Click File > Save.

 

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