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Customizing the Driver
After you create a new WorkOrder driver by importing the basic configuration file, the driver
processes WorkOrder objects from the Identity Vault to create WorkToDo objects. This is all the
WorkOrder driver does when using the basic configuration. For any additional work to be done, you
must customize the WorkOrder driver or other Identity Manager drivers to perform the desired
work.
The following section describes how the policies and rules are set up in the basic configuration:
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Section 6.1, “Policies and Rules Used in the Basic Configuration,” on page 29
The WorkOrder driver is extremely flexible in what you can do with it. The following sections
illustrate two possible solutions for customizing your driver:
Š Section 6.2, “Human Resource Example Using an HR Driver,” on page 31
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Section 6.3, “Human Resource Example without an HR Driver,” on page 33
6.1 Policies and Rules Used in the Basic
Configuration
This section describes policies and rules for the Subscriber and Publisher channels in the WorkOrder
driver’s basic configuration. For an overview on how the Subscriber and Publisher channels work,
see
Section 1.1.1, “Subscriber Channel Functions,” on page 9 and Section 1.1.2, “Publisher Channel
Functions,” on page 11 .
6.1.1 Subscriber Channel
The Subscriber channel processes only events that pertain to the work orders. The following table
lists the rules and policies used in configuring the Subscriber channel:
Table 6-1
Configuring the Subscriber Channel
Rule or Policy What it does
Subscriber Filter Allows only events for WorkOrder objects to be processed.
Event Transformation Not used in the sample configuration.
Matching Rule Not used in the sample configuration.