Lookup Entry

Use the Lookup Entry activity to validate whether an entry exists in an LDAP server.

General

In the General tab, you can establish a connection to an LDAP server.

The following table lists the configurations in the General tab of the Lookup Entry activity:
Field Module Property? Description
Name No The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
LDAP Connection Yes Click to select an LDAP Connection shared resource. The LDAP Connection shared resource creates a connection between the plug-in and an LDAP server.

If no matching LDAP Connection shared resources are found, click Create Shared Resource to create one. For more details, see Creating an LDAP Connection.

Description

In the Description tab, you can enter a short description for the Lookup Entry activity.

Advanced

In the Advanced tab, you can specify the object class of the entry that you want to validate. The specified object class is displayed in the Input tab.

The following table lists the configurations in the Advanced tab of the Lookup Entry Activity:
Field Module Property? Description
Base DN Yes Displays the distinguished name of a selected base entry.

Click Browse DIT to select a base entry from the Directory Information Tree (DIT).

The Select Base DN dialog is displayed when clicking Browse DIT. In the Select Base DN dialog, move the slider to specify the maximum number of entries to be displayed in the DIT. The maximum number is 10000.

Select Object Classes From No Select a method to specify the object class of the entry that you want to validate:
  • Sample Entry: if you select this option, the object class is retrieved from a sample entry.
  • LDAP Schema: if you select this option, the object class is selected from the LDAP schema.
Sample Entry No Click Browse DIT to select a sample entry. The object class defined for the selected entry is automatically populated in the Objectclasses field.
Note: This option is available only when you select Sample Entry in the Select Object Classes From field.
LDAP Schema Classes No Click Browse Schema to select one or more object classes. The selected object classes are automatically populated in the Objectclasses field.
Note: This option is available only when you select LDAP Schema in the Select Object Classes From field.
Objectclasses No Displays the object classes of the entry that you want to validate.

Input

In the Input tab, you can specify the entry that you want to validate.

The following table lists the input elements in the Input tab of the Lookup Entry activity:
Input Item Data Type Description
DN String (Required) The distinguished name (DN) of the entry that you want to validate.

Output

In the Output tab, you can find the validation result of the entry.

The following table lists the output elements in the Output tab of the Lookup Entry activity:
Output Item Data Type Description
Result Boolean A value of true indicates that the specified entry exists, whereas a value of false indicates that the specified entry does not exist.

Fault

In the Fault tab, you can find the error code and error message of the Lookup Entry activity. See Error Codes for a more detailed explanation of errors.

The following table lists error schema elements in the Fault tab of the Lookup Entry activity:
Error Schema Element Data Type Description
msgCode String Displays the error code.
msg String Displays the error message.