Entity Mapping
  • 03 Nov 2023
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This section describes a list of entities on the target application that are mapped to Cross Identity's Identity and Entitlement entity. 

For example, In connector:

App username entity is mapped to CI's Account entity. 

Group Roles entity is mapped to CI's Entitlement entity. 

Map Entitlements

  1. Navigate to Entitlements.
  2. Click Entitlement Definition > Add Entitlement Definition.
  3.  Enter the following details in the dialog:

    Sr. No. 

    Entitlement Name 

    Entitlement Key 

    Entitlement Value 

    1

    Salesforce (could be any user-friendly name) 

    group 

    group

  4. Entitlement key and value are checked in the connector to fetch group details. As per the schema defined, the group names and its members are fetched and will be displayed in the entitlement tab.
  5. Set schema details: In Connector, Attribute Name fields are used to fetch group names and members of that group from respective API responses. Attribute Display name is a user-defined display name. The mapped Attribute is mapped to the Display Name (as we are considering the Display Name as a unique key attribute) which represents the Group name, and the chosen will be displayed in the CI UI entitlement section.

    Sr. No.

    Attribute name 

    Attribute Display Name

    Mapped Attribute 

    Marked Display?

    1

    Name 

    groupName

    Username

    true

    2

    member 

    members

    Username

    false 



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