Connectors have extension points which can be implemented in these custom packages.
Once you open Eclipse you would need to go to Window/Open Perspective/Other and switch to SAP Identity Management Developer Studio perspective to be able to take full advantage of the IdM Development Studio plug-in features. Having created a Developer admin user you are ready to go. Therefore, the mxmc_rt user which is used by the runtime components also does not have the permissions to modify that. This is done for security reasons – as developers have access to the identity store and might easily break the security and authorization model.
These tables in IdM database are only writable by mxmc_admin user which is created during install or upgrade and thus prevent developers from modifying them.
MC_USERS but not in the Identity store meaning that a developer does not have MX_PERSON entry. All authorized IdM developers are stored in the IdM database in the configuration tables e.g. Then the service connects to the Identity store(s) and verifies all incoming requests so that the developer actually no longer needs to know the database credentials. The service then uses AS Java UME for authentication, that’s why you should have the respective users in the UME and in addition it is required that this user also exists in the Identity Management database with the same username as in the UME. In the SAP Identity Management 8.0 Release Highlights blog I mentioned about the improved security model and now will make a short detour to elaborate a bit on that.ĭeveloper Studio connects to the IdM Developer Studio Service running on SAP NetWeaver AS Java.
to be able to work with more than one entity at the same time, JavaScript code coloring and code completion. And although this change might seem big the feedback we got from early users was that for the users with background in earlier versions it was easy to get used to the new one and in addition were pleased by some of the features Eclipse brings with it e.g. As outlined in my previous blog, one of the major improvements in SAP Identity Management 8.0 is the new design time Developer Studio which is an Eclipse plug-in which replaces Identity Center Management Console.