Recipe 21.7. Defining an Advanced Import Attribute Flow—HR Database MA

21.7.1. Problem

You want to create an Active Directory username using the first and last name from the HR Database. Simple attribute-to-attribute mapping is not sufficient. You need to take partial strings from different attributes and combine them to form a new name.

21.7.2. Solution

This will involve writing some VB or C# for an advanced attribute flow, which is covered in Section 21.8. To start with, you must define the flow rule—an entity that connects the UI elements to the coding we will do later (refer to (5) in Figure 21-7):