Drop Prefix

Question

I'm sure I've seen this asked before but I can't seem to find it now.

I want a user to enter a 8 digit number and I want to be able to record the 8 digit number in AD and then manipulate the last 6 digits with a new prefixes too. For example, if a user enters 99123456 I also need 88123456 and 77123456 recorded in AD fields.

Is there a way to do this?

Jim

Answer 1

Hello Jim,

Yes, there is. You can do this with the help of a PowerShell script. For example, here's a script that changes a telephone number prefix and saves all the resulting telephone numbers to a multivalued property called Telephone Number (Other). The prefixes that will be added by the script are specified by $prefixes.

$prefixes = @("99", "88", "77") # TODO: modify me

# Get telephone number
$telephoneNumber = "%telephoneNumber%"
$telephoneNumberPart = $telephoneNumber.Trim().SubString($telephoneNumber.Length - 6)

$numbers = @()
foreach ($prefix in $prefixes)
{
    $number = "$prefix$telephoneNumberPart"
    if ($number -eq $telephoneNumber)
    {
        continue
    }

    $numbers += $number
}

# Commit to the Active directory
$Context.TargetObject.PutEx("ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND", "otherTelephone", $numbers)
$Context.TargetObject.SetInfoEx(@("otherTelephone"))

To assign the phone numbers automatically upon creating a new user, for example, you'll need to run the PowerShell script as a part of a Business Rule triggered after creation of a new user. For information on how to create such a Business Rule, see the following tutorial: http://www.adaxes.com/tutorials_Automat ... ngUser.htm. If you need help with adjusting the script to your needs, we will help you.

Comments

Thanks, that's close but I'd need each prefix plus the telephone number (last 6 of the phone) each in their own AD field.

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Hello,

This is also very easy to achieve. Here's another version of the script that saves telephone numbers with different prefixes to different attributes. In this version of the script, $prefixInfos specifies a map of the prefixes to their respective attributes.

$prefixInfos = @{
    "99" = "adm-CustomAttributeText1";
    "88" = "adm-CustomAttributeText2";
    "77" = "adm-CustomAttributeText3"
} # TODO: modify me

# Get telephone number
$telephoneNumber = "%telephoneNumber%"
$telephoneNumberPart = $telephoneNumber.Trim().SubString($telephoneNumber.Length - 6)

foreach ($prefix in $prefixInfos.Keys)
{
    $number = "$prefix$telephoneNumberPart"
    if ($number -eq $telephoneNumber)
    {
        continue
    }

    $Context.TargetObject.Put($prefixInfos[$prefix], $number)
}

# Commit changes to Active directory
$Context.TargetObject.SetInfo()