Workforce Connect Profile Manager Customer Administrator Guide

Find Function

This function is used to extract the part of the AD attribute value.

Params JSON Parameters for Find Function

Attribute Name	Data Type	Description
value	String	Value field on which regex pattern is applied. This could be the combinations of one or many AD attributes or constants strings. For example, if the AD attribute value of given name is paul, ${givenname}@pttpro is evaluated as paul@pttpro If the value requires backslash (\) or double quotes, then these characters should be escaped with another backslash (\).For example, value pttpro\${givenname} should be given as pttpro\\${givenname}.
pattern	String	regex pattern to be applied on the value. If the pattern requires backslash (\) or double quotes, then these characters should be escaped with another backslash (\). For example; pattern ^\ For example; pattern ^\d{4} should be given as ^\\d{4}
index (optional)	Integer	If the pattern matches with multiple values:- If value is less than 0, then returns all the matching regex expression value separated by comma. If value is greater than or equal to 0, then returns the pattern value at the given index. Default Value: 0
group (optional)	Integer	If the regex uses grouping, it returns the group value. Default value:0

Example 1

Map the user attribute department to the AD attribute extensionattribute7. The extensionattribute7 value in AD is 1024-0843 SS-Apparel function mapping for department attribute.

"
function":"find",
"params":{
"value":"${extensionattribute7}",
"pattern":"^\\d{4}",
"index": 0,
"group": 0
}}

This should extract first 4 digits from extensionattribute7 AD attribute value and map to the user attribute department.

Example 2

if the member of AD attribute has the following value

[
"CN=Smartphones_SM1,OU=Security
Groups,OU=Groups,OU=East,OU=Resources,DC=rona,DC=ca",
"CN=Smartphones_SM2,OU=Security
Groups,OU=Groups,OU=East,OU=Resources,DC=rona,DC=ca",
"CN=Smartphones_SM3,OU=Security
Groups,OU=Groups,OU=East,OU=Resources,DC=rona,DC=ca"
]
User Role Level mapping mapping with below find function mapping results
in same list of role levels with comma separation
{
"function": "find",
"params": {
"value": "${memberof}",
"pattern": "CN=(.?),",
"index": -1,
"group": 1
}
}

is converted as Smartphones_SM1, Smartphones_SM2, Smartphones_SM3