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
- In Developer Studio, open the vendor form you created in Creating-the-inetorgperson-vendor-form.
- 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). - In the Add Fields dialog box, select a field to add and click OK.
- Position the field on your form, as required.
- Select the field so that its properties are displayed on the Properties tab.
- On the Properties tab, expand the Vendor Information category.
- Change the value of the Column property to uid.
- 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
- Open the form where you want to add a field.
- To add a character field to the form, select Form > Create a New Field > Character.
- Select the field so that its properties are displayed in the Properties tab.
- On the Properties tab, expand the Display category.
- Change the value of the Label property to User ID.
- On the Properties tab, expand the Database category.
- Change the value of the Entry Mode property to Required.
- On the Properties tab, expand the Vendor Information category.
- Change the value of the Column property to uid.
- Position the field on your form, as required.
- Click File > Save.
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