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Delegated Admin Attribute

Note: this component stores cluster-wide configuration data and is mirrored across all servers in the topology within the the same cluster.

Note: changes to cluster-wide configuration objects are immediately and automatically mirrored across all servers within the same cluster, so offline changes are not supported.

A Delegated Admin Attribute defines an LDAP attribute which can be accessed by a client of the Delegated Admin API.

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dsconfig Usage

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The following components have a direct aggregation relation from Delegated Admin Attributes:

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The following components have a direct composition relation to Delegated Admin Attributes:

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ attribute-type
↓ display-name
↓ mutability
↓ attribute-category
↓ display-order-index
↓ attribute-presentation

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Delegated Admin Attribute
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

attribute-type (Read-Only)

Description
Specifies the name or OID of the LDAP attribute type.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The name or OID of an attribute type defined in the server schema.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

display-name

Description
A human readable display name for this Delegated Admin Attribute.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

mutability

Description
Specifies the circumstances under which the values of the attribute can be written.
Default Value
read-write
Allowed Values
read-only - The attribute cannot be modified.

read-write - The attribute may be updated and read at any time.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

attribute-category

Description
Specifies which attribute category this attribute belongs to.
Default Value
This attribute is not assigned to any attribute category and will be displayed after all attributes which do have an attribute category.
Allowed Values
The DN of any Delegated Admin Attribute Category.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

display-order-index

Description
This property determines a display order for attributes within a given attribute category. Attributes are ordered within their category based on this index from least to greatest. Values of this property are not required to be contiguous. If there are multiple attributes in the same attribute category with the same index, those attributes are displayed in an arbitrary order within their category.
Default Value
0
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 0. Upper limit is 2147483647 .
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

attribute-presentation

Description
Indicates how the attribute is presented to the user of the app.
Default Value
An attribute with JSON object syntax receives custom presentation and an attribute with any other syntax receives a default presentation for its syntax.
Allowed Values
default - The attribute receives a default presentation for its syntax.

custom - The attribute receives custom presentation.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Delegated Admin Attributes:

dsconfig list-delegated-admin-attributes
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Delegated Admin Attribute:

dsconfig get-delegated-admin-attribute-prop
     --attribute-type {name}
     --type-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Delegated Admin Attribute:

dsconfig set-delegated-admin-attribute-prop
     --attribute-type {name}
     --type-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To create a new Delegated Admin Attribute:

dsconfig create-delegated-admin-attribute
     --attribute-type {name}
     --type-name {name}
     --set display-name:{propertyValue}
     [--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Delegated Admin Attribute:

dsconfig delete-delegated-admin-attribute
     --attribute-type {name}
     --type-name {name}