Reformat Operation Attribute - Novell POLICY IN DESIGNER 3.5 - 09-18-2009 Manual

Reformat Operation Attribute

Reformats all values of an attribute within the current operation by using a pattern.
Fields
Name
Specify the name of the attribute. Supports variable expansion. For more information, see
Section 3.6, "Variable Selector," on page
Value Type
Specify the syntax of the new attribute value.
Value
Specify a value to use as a pattern for the new format of the attribute values. If the original
value is needed to constructed the new value, it must be obtained by referencing the local
variable current-value.
Example
The example reformats the telephone number. It changes it from (nnn)-nnn-nnnn to nnn-nnn-nnnn.
The rule is from the predefined rules that come with Identity Manager. For more information, see
Section 8.9, "Input or Output Transformation - Reformat Telephone Number from (nnn) nnn-nnnn
to nnn-nnn-nnnn," on page
predef_transformation_reformat_telephone1.xml
predef_transformation_reformat_telephone1.xml).
The action reformat operation attribute changes the format of the telephone number. The rule uses
the Argument Builder and regular expressions to change how the information is displayed.
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