Setting Manager Attribute from Text-File MA
The manager attribute for user objects in FIM is a reference attribute, which means it refers to another user object that is in the sync engine. Instead of being a string type attribute such as displayName, the manager attribute must be assigned correctly so that the sync engine can build the reference to the manager object.
Sample Text File for User Input
Using a tab delimited text file for this scenario.
Setting up Text File Management Agent
Set-up the Data Input File to include the manager attribute value
In the previous step, we specified the manager attribute type as a reference attribute. In order to build the reference, the value that we need to give to the manager attribute in the input data is the DN or Anchor attribute value for the manager.
For this scenario, Britta Simon is the manager of this team.
Run the Import and Synchronization on the Text File MA
Now that the text file has been populated with the manager attribute value, we can run the import and synchronization to verify the user objects' data is correct