Create Entry

General

In the General tab, you can establish a connection to an LDAP server, and specify whether to validate the entry before creating it.

The following table lists the configurations in the General tab of the Create Entry activity:

Field	Module Property?	Visual Diff?	Description
Name	No	Yes	The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
LDAP Connection	Yes	Yes	Click to select an LDAP Connection shared resource. The LDAP Connection shared resource creates a connection between the plug-in and an LDAP server. If no matching LDAP Connection shared resources are found, click Create Shared Resource to create one. For more details, see Creating an LDAP Connection.
Validate Object	Yes	Yes	When you select this option, the plug-in checks whether the configured object class matches the objectClass attribute: If the configured object class matches the objectClass attribute, the creation succeeds. Note: When the configured object class is a composite object class and you select the Handle Any Subset of Configured Object Classes option, the creation also succeeds if the objectClass attribute is a subset object class of the configured object class. If the configured object class does not match the objectClass attribute, the creation fails. The configured object class refers to the object class that you select from the Advanced tab or the object class specified in the Input tab. The object class specified in the Input tab can overwrite the object class specified in the Advanced tab. The objectClass attribute is one attribute of the specified object class.

Field

Module Property?

Visual Diff?

Description

Name

No

Yes

The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.

LDAP Connection

Yes

Click

to select an LDAP Connection shared resource. The LDAP Connection shared resource creates a connection between the plug-in and an LDAP server.

If no matching LDAP Connection shared resources are found, click Create Shared Resource to create one. For more details, see Creating an LDAP Connection.

Validate Object

Yes

When you select this option, the plug-in checks whether the configured object class matches the objectClass attribute:

If the configured object class matches the objectClass attribute, the creation succeeds.
Note: When the configured object class is a composite object class and you select the Handle Any Subset of Configured Object Classes option, the creation also succeeds if the objectClass attribute is a subset object class of the configured object class.
If the configured object class does not match the objectClass attribute, the creation fails.

The configured object class refers to the object class that you select from the Advanced tab or the object class specified in the Input tab. The object class specified in the Input tab can overwrite the object class specified in the Advanced tab.

The objectClass attribute is one attribute of the specified object class.

Description

In the Description tab, you can enter a short description for the Create Entry activity.

Advanced

In the Advanced tab, you can specify the object class of the entry that you want to add. The specified object class is displayed in the Input tab.

The following table lists the configurations in the Advanced tab of the Create Entry activity:

Field	Module Property?	Visual Diff?	Description
Base DN	Yes	Yes	Displays the distinguished name of the selected base entry. Click Browse DIT to select a base entry from the Directory Information Tree (DIT). The Select Base DN dialog is displayed when clicking Browse DIT. In the Select Base DN dialog, move the slider to specify the maximum number of entries to be displayed in the DIT. The maximum number is 10000.
Select Object Classes From	No	Yes	Select a method to specify the object class of the entry that you want to add: Sample Entry: if you select this option, the object class is retrieved from a sample entry. LDAP Schema: if you select this option, the object class is selected from the LDAP schema.
Sample Entry	No	No	Click Browse DIT to select a sample entry. The object class defined for the selected entry is automatically populated in the Objectclasses field. Note: This option is available only when you select Sample Entry in the Select Object Classes From field.
LDAP Schema Classes	No	No	Click Browse Schema to select one or more object classes. The selected object classes are automatically populated in the Objectclasses field. Note: This option is available only when you select LDAP Schema in the Select Object Classes From field.
Objectclasses	No	Yes	Displays the object classes of the entry that you want to add.
Handle Any Subset of Configured Object Classes	Yes	No	Select this option to create entries that match any subset of the specified object classes. Note: This option is available only when you select a composite object class.

Input

In the Input tab, you can specify the entry that you want to add.

The following table lists the input elements in the Input tab of the Create Entry activity:

Input Item	Data Type	Description
DN	String	(Required) Enter the distinguished name (DN) of the entry that you want to add.
ObjectClass	String	Enter the object class of the entry that you want to add. The entered object class replaces the object class that you have specified in the Advanced tab. Object classes are separated by periods (.), for example, "`person.container`".
Object Class	Complex	Expand the object class and enter a value for the corresponding attribute.

Output

In the Output tab, you can find the creation result.

The following table lists the output elements in the Output tab of the Create Entry activity:

Output Item	Data Type	Description
Result	Boolean	A value of true indicates the creation succeeds, whereas a value of false indicates the creation fails.

Fault

In the Fault tab, you can find the error code and error message of the Create Entry activity. See Error Codes for a more detailed explanation of errors.

The following table lists error schema elements in the Fault tab of the Create Entry activity:

Error Schema Element	Data Type	Description
msgCode	String	Displays the error code.
msg	String	Displays the error message.