Unique Name - Novell POLICY IN DESIGNER 3.5 - 09-18-2009 Manual

Unique Name

Expands to a pattern-based name that is unique in the destination data store according to the criteria
specified.
Fields
Attribute Name
Specify the name of attribute to check for uniqueness.
Scope
Specify the scope in which to check uniqueness. The options are subtree or subordinates.
Start Search
Select a starting point for the search. The starting point can be the root of the data store, or be
specified by a DN or association.
Pattern
Specify patterns to use to generate unique values by using the Argument Builder.
Counter Start
The starting value of the counter.
Digits
Specify the width in digits of counter; the default is 1. The Pad counter with leading 0's option
prepends 0 to match the digit length. For example, with a digit width of 3, the initial unique
value would be appended with 001, then 002, and so on.
Remarks
Each element provides a pattern to be used to create a proposed name.
<arg-string>
A proposed name is tested by performing a query for that value in the name attribute against the
destination data store, using the
of the query and scope as the scope of the query. If the destination data store is the Identity Vault and
name is omitted, then a search is performed against the pseudo-attribute "[Entry].rdn", which
represents the RDN of an object without respect to what the naming attribute might be. If the
destination data store is the application, then name is required.
A pattern can be tested with or without a counter as indicated by counter-use and counter-pattern.
When a pattern is tested with a counter, the pattern is tested repeatedly with an appended counter
until a name is found that does not return any instances or the counter is exhausted. The counter
starting value is specified by counter-start and the counter maximum value is specified in terms of
the maximum number of digits as specified by counter-digits. If the number of digits is less than
those specified, then the counter is right-padded with zeros unless the counter-pad attribute is set to
False. The counter is considered exhausted when the counter can no longer be represented by the
specified number of digits.
As soon as a proposed name is determined to be unique, the testing of names is stopped and the
unique name is returned.
element or the
<arg-dn>
element as the base
<arg-association>
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