Custom User Fields

When configuring MAPS and LDAP users, you now have the ability to specify up to three custom fields to store any additional user data you require.

For MAPS users, the custom fields can be found on the Advanced tab of the User Properties dialog.

User Properties dialog with the Advanced option selected.

These fields contain static text entered by the MAPS Administrator.

For LDAP users, the custom fields are defined in the LDAP server configuration using existing attributes from the LDAP server.

Edit LDAP Server dialog, Attribute Names screen. Available fields include Group Description, Group Members, Group Name, user email address, user description, user groups, user ID, user logon, user name, and custom fields 1-3.

For both types of users, the custom fields can be accessed as variables in places such as the data connection username, connection and rule scripts, and as system variables within Argos. To reference a custom field in one of these locations, you would enter $User.CustomField1, $User.CustomField2, or $User.CustomField3. One use case for this would be to configure an Ellucian™ Banner^® proxy account for each user.