Grouper provisioning full workflow

1

propagate provisioning attributes

make sure that provisionable settings (attributes under the covers) are propagated to all descendent objects in folders

2

retrieve all data from grouper and target

retrieve at same time all data from grouper, sync objects, and target

3

create wrapper objects 

to hold all related data together

4

validate objects and filter invalid

look at objects and validate them and filter invalid objects.  Manipulate attribute data types

5

matching ID of target object

identify or translate matching ID of all target objects

6

retrieve subject link

resolve subjects for subject link for subjects missing data

7

translate grouper groups/entities data to target format

take the grouper groups, entities and translate to the target format

8

manipulate grouper groups/entities attributes

based on configs manipulate the defaults, types, etc for grouper target translated group/entity attributes and fields

9

matching id of grouper groups/entities

calculate the matching id of grouper translated group/entity data

10

index matching id of grouper groups/entities

take all the matching ids of grouper groups/entities and index those for quick lookups

11

create missing groups / entities

create missing groups / entities

12

retrieve target group and entity link

based on data retrieved, update the group and entity link

13

validate groups / entities

based on validations on fields / attributes make sure objects are valid

14

translate grouper memberships to target

translate grouper memberships to target after the link data is resolved

15

manipulate grouper memberships attributes

based on configs manipulate the defaults, types, etc for grouper target translated membership attributes and fields

16

matching id of grouper memberships

calculate the matching id of grouper translated membership data

17

index matching ID of memberships

take the matching IDs of the grouper side and the target side and index objects in the data index

18

update sync objects

process sync objects so the target state is accurately reflected

19

validate memberships

make sure any validations for memberships are considered

20

compare target objects

look at the grouper side and the target side and compare and generate the target actions

21

send changes to target

send inserts updates and deletes to target

22

process results

store counts and errors