Creating ConnectorViews

In this section we'll use the Management Center to create 3 new ConnectorViews. In the next section we'll use the JoinEngine to combine these ConnectorViews into a single, unified MetaView.

There are 14 steps in this procedure.

Step 1: Select the ConnectorViews menu

Click once on the JoinEngine icon then use your right-hand mouse button to bring up the menu shown here. Select ConnectorViews....


Step 2: Select New

When the ConnectorView Access window appears, click New.


Step 3: Define the HR ConnectorView

You should see a window titled "New ConnectorView Configuration". Enter the following configuration information:

  • Name:   HR ConnectorView
  • Data Server:   LDAP://127.0.0.1
  • ConnectorView Identifier:  HRCV

We'll set the ConnectorView Location in the next step - leave that field blank for now. The Description field is optional; you can put whatever you want there.


Step 4: Set the HR ConnectorView starting point

Use the Browse... button to set the ConnectorView Location. When you see the window shown here, select o=ConnectorViews

Make sure the ConnectorView location is set correctly before continuing.

Step 5: Set the HR ConnectorView location

When you see the "Select ConnectorView Location" window, expand the icon representing your system (127.0.0.1) by clicking on the + symbol, then select ou=HR.

Click OK. When you return to the "New ConnectorView Configuration" window, the ConnectorView location should now be set to ou=HR,o=ConnectorViews.

Click OK.

We've finished creating the HR ConnectorView. Now we're going to repeat this procedure for 2 other ConnectorViews: Messaging and PBX.

 

Step 6: Select New

The ConnectorView Access window should now list the HR ConnectorView. We're going to create another ConnectorView, so click New.


Step 7: Define the Messaging ConnectorView

When the "New ConnectorView Configuration" window appears, enter the following configuration information:

  • Name:   Messaging ConnectorView
  • Data Server:   LDAP://127.0.0.1
  • ConnectorView Identifier:  MSCV

Leave the ConnectorView Location field blank for now. You can enter some text in the Description field if you want.

Don't dismiss this window yet.

Make sure the ConnectorView location is set correctly before continuing.

Step 8: Set the Messaging ConnectorView starting point

Use the Browse... button to set the ConnectorView Location. When you see the "Starting Point for Directory Browsing" window, select o=ConnectorViews.

Click OK.

 

Step 9: Set the Messaging ConnectorView location

When you see the "Select ConnectorView Location" window, expand the icon for "o=ConnectorViews" and select ou=Messaging.

Click OK. When you return to the "New ConnectorView Configuration" window, the ConnectorView location should be set to ou=Messaging,o=ConnectorViews.

Click OK to continue. We've now finished creating the Messaging ConnectorView. Next we'll do the same thing for the PBX ConnectorView.


Step 10: Select New

The ConnectorView Access window should now list the HR ConnectorView and the Messaging ConnectorView. We're going to create another one, so click New.


Step 11: Define the PBX ConnectorView

When the "New ConnectorView Configuration" window appears, enter the following information:

  • Name:   PBX ConnectorView
  • Data Server:   LDAP://127.0.0.1
  • ConnectorView Identifier:  PBXCV

Leave the ConnectorView Location field blank for now. Enter some text in the Description field if you want.

Don't dismiss this window yet.


Step 12: Set the PBX ConnectorView starting point

Use the Browse... button to set the ConnectorView Location. When the "Starting Point for Directory Browsing" window appears, select o=ConnectorViews

Make sure the ConnectorView location is set correctly before continuing.

Step 13: Set the PBX ConnectorView location

When the "SelectConnectorView Location" window appears, select ou=PBX.

Click OK. When you return to the "New ConnectorView Configuration" window, the ConnectorView location should be set to ou=PBX,o=ConnectorViews.

Click OK. We've now finished creating the PBX ConnectorView.

 

Step 14: Close the ConnectorView Access window

The ConnectorView Access window should list the 3 ConnectorViews we've just created.

Click Close to complete this procedure.


Summary

We've used the Management Center to create 3 ConnectorViews: HR, Messaging, and PBX. These ConnectorViews point to the sample data we loaded into the Directory Server earlier.

In the next section we'll start joining these ConnectorViews to our MetaView.

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