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Value Processors | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Takes elements out of a collection based on a mode. Modes are | |
| Resolves a source attribute to a valid language supported in the system | |
| Returns null if the source value is null or empty, if not it returns the trimmed value | |
| Returns the a value if a regex pattern matches the source attribute, if not another | |
| Replaces the configured pattern in the source attribute | |
| Formats the source attribute according to the input | |
| Converts the source attribute to a date time | |
| Returns a sub property of a complex source attribute | |
| Returns a substring of the source attribute | |
| Trims trailing and leading white spaces of a source attribute |
Serialized or Explicit Attribute Value
An attribute value always has a serialized and an explicit value. The first one is set by the system while resolving an attribute mapping or by the import when there is a mapping configuration. The later is set whenever a user overrides this calculated or imported value. This is important to know when working with imports as the comparison between the source attribute and the target attribute always is done on the serialized value.
Let’s have a look at the following example.
Mr. Jones was hired to work for us and was therefore entered to the HR system from where we have imported him has Mr. Jones. On his first working day he tells his supervisor that he will marry next week and will be called Jones-Smith and asks him, if he could be named Jones-Smith in the system? His supervisor then renames him in the CoreOne Meta Directory to Jones-Smith.
A week passes and the change will be made officially even in the HR system. It’s important to know that we will now have a change in the import as the his record in the CoreOne Suite looks as following:
serialized | explicit |
|---|---|
Jones | Jones-Smith |
The import will always compare the source value to the serialized value and therefore detect a change. After the import, the record will look like this:
serialized | explicit |
|---|---|
Jones-Smith | Jones-Smith |