Merging directory information from a user directory to a common directory
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1. A method for merging directory information from a user directory to a common directory, the method comprising:
- based on a rule associated with contents of a user directory of a local database, extracting a department indicator from the user directory;
mapping the department indicator to a corresponding user record in a common directory of a registry database; and
based on the department indicator, marking the user record in the common directory that corresponds to the contents from the user directory with a department for controlling access to that user record in the registry database;
wherein mapping the department indicator to the corresponding user record in the common directory of the registry database comprises;
based on a source field name associated with the contents of the user directory of the local database, determining the user directory;
sending a key field value associated with the contents to a rule engine to determine the department;
matching, via the rule, a regular expression pattern with a value associated with the source field name to determine the department indicator; and
based on the department indicator, establishing the department for the marking of the user record in the common directory that corresponds to the contents from the user directory.
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Merging directory information from a user directory to a common directory includes based on a rule associated with contents of a user directory of a local database, extracting a department indicator from the user directory, mapping the department indicator to a corresponding user record in a common directory of a registry database, and based on the department indicator, marking the user record in the common directory with a department that corresponds to the contents from the user directory with a department for controlling access to that user record in the registry database.
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1. A method for merging directory information from a user directory to a common directory, the method comprising:
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based on a rule associated with contents of a user directory of a local database, extracting a department indicator from the user directory; mapping the department indicator to a corresponding user record in a common directory of a registry database; and based on the department indicator, marking the user record in the common directory that corresponds to the contents from the user directory with a department for controlling access to that user record in the registry database; wherein mapping the department indicator to the corresponding user record in the common directory of the registry database comprises; based on a source field name associated with the contents of the user directory of the local database, determining the user directory; sending a key field value associated with the contents to a rule engine to determine the department; matching, via the rule, a regular expression pattern with a value associated with the source field name to determine the department indicator; and based on the department indicator, establishing the department for the marking of the user record in the common directory that corresponds to the contents from the user directory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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