MetaView Demonstration

Now we're finally ready to actually join our 3 ConnectorViews into our MetaView.

There are 12 steps in this procedure.

If you made it this far you're almost done with the MetaView demonstration.

Step 1: Bring up the HR ConnectorView status window

Right-click on the icon representing the HR ConnectorView and select Status.




Step 2: Refresh this ConnectorView

Check the Refresh and ConnectorView check boxes, then click Apply.

You should see this message:

Click OK. You should hear your hard disk working as the JoinEngine refreshes the 120 entries in the HR ConnectorView.




Step 3: Examine refresh progress

Click on the Statistics tab. If your system is still adding new entries, you'll see a number less than 120. Click on Refresh to update the statistics. When this process finishes you should see 119 CV to MV adds and 1 CV to MV modify. Click OK.




Step 4: Bring up the PBX ConnectorView status window

Right-click on the icon representing the PBX ConnectorView and select Status.




Step 5: Refresh the PBX ConnectorView

Check the Refresh and ConnectorView check boxes, then click OK.




Step 6: Bring up the Messaging ConnectorView status window

Right-click on the Messaging ConnectorView icon and select Status...




Step 7: Refresh the Messaging ConnectorView

Check Refresh and ConnectorView, then click OK.




Step 8: Bring up the IntelliJoin Browser

In this step we're going to use Meta-Directory's IntelliJoin Browser to look at entries in the MetaView.

Right-click on the my metaview icon, then right-click on Browse.., then select IntelliJoin Browser...

When you see the "Choose ConnectorView" dialog box, select HR ConnectorView and click Browse.




Step 9: Look at All entries in the MetaView

Use the menu next to the "Look at" field to select All, then click the Go button.

You should now see a list of entries in the MetaView.




Step 10: Look at a single entry in the MetaView

Right-click on one of the entries and select View/Edit...

This should bring up the "View Entry" window. This window shows all the attributes for this person, including their email address ("mail") and phone number ("telephonenumber").




Step 11: Edit an entry in the Messaging ConnectorView

Now we're ready for the final demonstration of Meta-Directory. In this step we're going to change someone's email address in the Messaging ConnectorView, then we're going to verify the new information is reflected in the MetaView.

In the Directory Server window, select the Messaging ConnectorView and double-click on Chris Ayers.

This window shows us that in the Messaging ConnectorView, Chris has an email address but no phone number.

Now change Chris' email address to ayers@company.com.




Step 12: Verify data flow to the MetaView

Now let's look at Chris' entry in the company.com MetaView.

In the Directory Server window, select company.com then double-click on the entry for Chris Ayers.

You should now see the changes you made to the Messaging ConnectorView in Step 11 reflected in the company.com MetaView.




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Congratulations!

At this point you've completed the most challenging portion of this course. You've gone through much of the process that you would normally use in a real-world environment to install and configure Meta-Directory 1.0.

Of course, at this point you're probably not an expert at using Meta-Directory, but you've been exposed to most of its main concepts and features.

In the next module we'll take a quick look at some of the other capabilities of the Management Center.

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