Customizing Simple Search 

Use

The simple search function in Identity Management enables you to quickly search for users, groups, or roles. It only provides a single field for searching. Customizing simple search enables you to define what attributes are searched.

Procedure

After changing settings using the user management configuration tool, you must restart the J2EE Engine server process for the changes to take effect.

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       1.      View the UME properties.

For more information about how to view properties for editing, see Editing UME Properties.

       2.      Edit the following properties as needed:

¡        ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.account

Simple search of the account name is not supported in the current user interface.

¡        ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.action

¡        ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.group

¡        ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.role

¡        ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.user

Separate attributes with a comma (,).

       3.      Save the changes.

       4.      Restart the J2EE Engine server.

See also:

Simple Search

Managing Users, Groups, and Roles

Example

By default, the simple search for users searches the following attributes:

·        uniquename

·        firstname

·        lastname

You want to also search by e-mail address. So you make the following change:

ume.principal.simple_search.attributes.user=uniquename,firstname,lastname,email

After restarting the J2EE Engine server process, you can enter an e-mail address in the simple search and the UME returns a list of users that match.