Creating user via REST - manager question

Question

I am experimenting with the new REST api. From our HR system, we will be receiving a user's manager represented as their email address. We will pass that (manager email address) via the REST call to some attribute probably.

Since the manager needs to be a DN, what is the best way to handle this? We can set a custom attribute a placeholder with the incoming data and possibly do a DN lookup from that temporary attribute I guess. But I am not sure how to do lookup in Adaxes as a post user creation business?

I am not set on this idea. What is the best way to handle this considering our HR system will only provide an email address for the manager of a new hire?

Any advice and details appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello,

You are right, the best approach would be passing manager email to an Adaxes custom text attribute and then set the manager for the user in a business rule triggering After creating a user. In the rule, you will need to use a PowerShell script that will find the manager based on their email address. The following SDK article should be helpful: http://adaxes.com/sdk/SampleScripts.SearchingUserAccounts.

If you have issues writing the script, please, specify what should be done in case if the script finds more than one or no users with the corresponding email address. Any additional details will be much appreciated.