MimSyncImportAttributePrecedence

This resource is for MIM Sync import attribute flow rules.

The DSC resource configuration below validates the MIM Sync configuration by inspecting the XML below. TODO - include screen shots of the MIM Sync UI

• DSC Configuration
• MIM Sync XML
• DSC Verbose Output

DSC Configuration

This is a sample DSC configuration including just the Import Attribute Flow Rule resource type.

Configuration TestMimSyncImportAttributePrecedenceConfig 
{ 
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName MimSyncDsc

    Node (hostname) 
    { 
        ImportAttributePrecedence 'Contact-DisplayName'
        {
            MVObjectType           = 'Contact'
            MVAttribute            = 'DisplayName'
            Type                   = 'ranked'
            RankedPrecedenceOrder  = @(
                RankedPrecedenceOrder{Order = 0; ManagementAgentName='GrandHR'; CDObjectType='robot';  ID='{86E75ABE-B15D-4CFF-A785-BC968965A361}'}
                RankedPrecedenceOrder{Order = 1; ManagementAgentName='TinyHR';  CDObjectType='person'; ID='{385176D8-4EB8-4900-B627-DBAF137C8FF3}'}
                RankedPrecedenceOrder{Order = 2; ManagementAgentName='TinyHR';  CDObjectType='person'; ID='{AF5CA310-1D8C-4669-95C2-1F7D0482CB8F}'}
                RankedPrecedenceOrder{Order = 3; ManagementAgentName='TinyHR';  CDObjectType='person'; ID='{E1261AAA-DE1A-4AF0-8373-2C6C6FB76713}'}                      
            )
        }
    }
} 

TestMimSyncImportAttributePrecedenceConfig -OutputPath "$env:TEMP\TestMimSyncImportAttributePrecedenceConfig"
Start-DscConfiguration       -Path "$env:TEMP\TestMimSyncImportAttributePrecedenceConfig" -Force -Wait -Verbose 

MIM Sync XML

This is the XML exported from the Sync Service, which is what the DSC resource validates.

<mv-data>
    <import-attribute-flow>
                    <import-flow-set mv-object-type="Contact">
                <import-flows mv-attribute="DisplayName" type="ranked">
                    <import-flow src-ma="{C28C379C-E494-4A08-B36D-A15B00507394}" cd-object-type="robot" id="{86E75ABE-B15D-4CFF-A785-BC968965A361}">
                        <direct-mapping>
                            <src-attribute>FirstName</src-attribute>
                        </direct-mapping>
                    </import-flow>
                    <import-flow src-ma="{9C3614F6-F975-4F32-9504-C821CBE36471}" cd-object-type="person" id="{385176D8-4EB8-4900-B627-DBAF137C8FF3}">
                        <scripted-mapping>
                            <src-attribute>FirstName</src-attribute>
                            <src-attribute>LastName</src-attribute>
                            <script-context>cd.person:FirstName,LastName-&gt;mv.Contact:DisplayName</script-context>
                        </scripted-mapping>
                    </import-flow>
                    <import-flow src-ma="{9C3614F6-F975-4F32-9504-C821CBE36471}" cd-object-type="person" id="{AF5CA310-1D8C-4669-95C2-1F7D0482CB8F}">
                        <direct-mapping>
                            <src-attribute>LastName</src-attribute>
                        </direct-mapping>
                    </import-flow>
                    <import-flow src-ma="{9C3614F6-F975-4F32-9504-C821CBE36471}" cd-object-type="person" id="{E1261AAA-DE1A-4AF0-8373-2C6C6FB76713}">
                        <direct-mapping>
                            <src-attribute>FirstName</src-attribute>
                        </direct-mapping>
                    </import-flow>
                </import-flows>

DSC Verbose Output

This is sample log output showing what DSC does with the resource to validate the configuration.

VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ Start  Set      ]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ Start  Resource ]  [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ Start  Test     ]  [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Using CacheLocation: C:\ProgramData\MimSyncDsc\Svrexport
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Using CacheAge:      1440 (in minutes)
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Cache still valid, leave it
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Finding import attribute flow rules for [Contact].DisplayName ...
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]   Using XPath: //mv-data/import-attribute-flow/import-flow-set[@mv-object-type='Contact']/import-flows[@mv-attribute='DisplayName']
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Attribute flow rules found, diffing the precedence properties...
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]   Comparing property 'type'
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]     From DSC: ranked
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]     From FIM: ranked
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]   Comparing ranked precedence order
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]     From DSC: 
Order ManagementAgentName CDObjectType ID                                    
----- ------------------- ------------ --                                    
    0 GrandHR             robot        {86E75ABE-B15D-4CFF-A785-BC968965A361}
    1 TinyHR              person       {385176D8-4EB8-4900-B627-DBAF137C8FF3}
    2 TinyHR              person       {AF5CA310-1D8C-4669-95C2-1F7D0482CB8F}
    3 TinyHR              person       {E1261AAA-DE1A-4AF0-8373-2C6C6FB76713}
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]     From FIM: 
Order ManagementAgentName CDObjectType ID                                    
----- ------------------- ------------ --                                    
    0 GrandHR             robot        {86E75ABE-B15D-4CFF-A785-BC968965A361}
    1 TinyHR              person       {385176D8-4EB8-4900-B627-DBAF137C8FF3}
    2 TinyHR              person       {AF5CA310-1D8C-4669-95C2-1F7D0482CB8F}
    3 TinyHR              person       {E1261AAA-DE1A-4AF0-8373-2C6C6FB76713}
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]:                            [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName] Returning: True
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ End    Test     ]  [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]  in 0.8110 seconds.
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ Skip   Set      ]  [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ End    Resource ]  [[ImportAttributePrecedence]Contact-DisplayName]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ End    Set      ]
VERBOSE: [CMARTBOOK]: LCM:  [ End    Set      ]    in  1.3540 seconds.