Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 6.x -- Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Plug-In Functions

AND

AND = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapAND

Takes any number of attributes as parameters and returns the value "TRUE" if all attributes specified contain a value. If any of the attributes specified do not contain a value, then no value is returned.

destSecManAttr=&AND(srcManagerAttr,srcSecretaryAttr)

attrHasValue

attrHasValue = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapAttrHasValue

Takes an attribute as the first parameter and a string literal as the second parameter. If the attribute has a value that matches the string, then this value is returned; if not, no value is returned.

Abs_Person = &attrHasValue(*objectClass, person)

BitMask

BitMask = MPPlugin.dll,mlkBitMask

Tests the attribute given as the first parameter against the bitmask in the second parameter. If the attribute value matches the bitmask value, the function returns "1"; if not, it returns "0."

To only allow active Active Directory users into the directory: [LDAPfilters]Abs_Person=&attrHasValue(&BitMask (userAccountcontrol, “2”), “0”)

The value of the second bit of the userAccountcontrol attribute represents the user active or inactive status in the Active Directory. The bitmask function masks the rest of the bit values and only extracts the second bit of the Active Directory attribute.

CaseAllLower

CaseAllLower= dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,AllLower

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

AllLower-converts all characters to lowercase.

destLowerCaseNameAttr=*&CaseAllLower(*srcNameAttr)

CaseAllUpper

CaseAllUpper = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,AllUpper

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

AllUpper-converts all characters to uppercase.

AllLower-converts all characters to lowercase.

destUpperCaseNameAttr=*&CaseAllUpper(*srcNameAttr)

CaseFirstNormal

CaseFirstNormal = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,FirstNormal

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

FirstNormal-converts first character to uppercase and remaining characters to lowercase.

destFirstNormalNameAttr=*&CaseFirstNormal(*srcNameAttr)

CaseFirstUpper

CaseFirstUpper = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,FirstUpper

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

FirstUpper-converts first character to uppercase.

FirstNormal-converts first character to uppercase and remaining characters to lowercase.

WordUpper-converts first character of each word to uppercase.

destFirstUpperNameAttr=*&CaseFirstUpper(*srcNameAttr)

CaseWordLower

CaseWordLower =dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,WordLower

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

WordLower-converts all characters except the first character to lowercase.

WordNormal-converts first character of each word to uppercase and remaining characters to lowercase.

destLowerCaseNameAttr=*&CaseWordLower(*srcNameAttr)

CaseWordNormal

CaseWordNormal =dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,WordNormal

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

WordNormal-converts first character of each word to uppercase and remaining characters to lowercase.

destWordNormalNameAttr=*&CaseWordNormal(*srcNameAttr)

CaseWordUpper

CaseWordUpper = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapCase,WordUpper

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and applies case transformation according to the value of the optional parameter in the registration, returning the transformed values.

WordUpper-converts first character of each word to uppercase.

destWordUpperNameAttr=*&CaseWordUpper(*srcNameAttr)

CreateDate

Createdate = mpplugin.dll,mlkCreateDate

Creates a time-date stamp for any attribute that calls the function.

&creationdate("0") - mmddyy

Example: 063004

FilterAND

FilterAnd = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkFilterAND

Adds two or more expressions.

Abs_Person = &FilterAnd("4", &attrHasValue(*objectClass, "person"), sn, GivenName, SAMAccountName)

FilterBuiltin

FilterBuiltin = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkFilterBuiltin

Filters out any entries with an attribute equal to a given value.

%Vuname=&Filterbuiltin(telephonenumber, "1234")

FilterNOT

FilterNOT = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkFilterNOT

Inverts an expression.

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GenNum

GenNum = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkGenNum

Generates an increment number by given length (first argument) and increment value (second argument).

Note: This plug-in uses the registry to keep track of the latest number. The value can be found: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Cisco Systems > Cisco MeetingPlace > Plugin > LastNum

%VUName=&GenNum("5", "1")

GetMailboxAddress

GetMailBoxAddress = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapGetMailboxAddress,SMTP

Used for synchronizing an e-mail address from an Exchange server. It extracts a specific type of e-mail address from those stored in an Exchange mailbox.

destSingleMailboxAttr=&GetMailBoxAddress(*srcMultiMailboxAttr)

HexString

HexString = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkHexString

Converts each character in a string to its 2-digit hexadecimal equivalent. Can be used in a correlation rule to convert the Active Directory objectGUID value to a unique hex string.

EmailAdd = &HexString(objectGUID)

LDAPtoDN

LDAPtoDN = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapConvertLDAPDN,LDAP

Takes a single attribute as a parameter, converting DNs between DC-Directory and LDAP form according to the optional parameter, returning the converted values.

destDCDNAttr=*&LDAPtoDN(srcLDAPDNAttr)

ManyToOne

ManyToOne = dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapManyToOne

Takes multiple attributes as parameters, returning a single list that contains all of the values of all of the attributes. It can take a maximum of ten attributes.

destCombinationAttr=*&ManyToOne(*srcFirstAttr, *srcSecondAttr)

MapString

MapString = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringMap

Maps a string according to a file-based table. The table is passed via a filename.

Groupname=&mapString(employeetype, "E:\Cisco Systems\Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services\DSG Admin\group.txt")

Timezone = &mapString(&Caseall(&Trim(city)), "C:\temp\timezone.txt", "269") where “269” is the default value if there is no match in the map file.

Or

Timezone = &mapString(&Caseall(&Trim(city)), "C:\temp\timezone.txt") | “269” where “|” represents the Or function.

MidString

MidString = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringMid

Returns a substring from a given starting index, containing given n characters.

Note: If the strlen(string) < (start + n), MidString returns an error that is logged to the suspense file. Use StringMidNoEnd if necessary to avoid string length errors.

FaxNum=&midString(Telephone-Fax, "3", "5")

MultiValToSingle

MultiValToSingle = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapMultiValToSingle

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and maps all of the values of that attribute to a single value by concatenating the values, by using the optional parameter as a delimiter. Any occurrences of the delimiter string within the values are escaped with a backslash. Backslashes are also escaped with backslashes.

destSingleValAttr=&MultiValToSingle(*srcMultiValAttr)

NormalizeInitials

NormalizeInitials = dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapInitials

Takes a single attribute as a parameter; each letter is converted to uppercase and followed by a dot (.), returning the normalized values. This is used to normalize initial attributes.

destInitAttr=*&NormalizeInitials(*srcInitAttr)

NOT

NOT = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapNOT

Takes one attribute as a parameter, returning the value "TRUE" if the attribute specified does not contain any values. If the attribute specified does contain a value, then no value is returned.

destNotManagerAttr=&NOT(srcManagerAttr)

Random

Random = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkRnd

Returns a random value from 0 to n.

GroupName = &mapString(&Random("6"), "C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\MeetingPlace Directory Services\DSG Admin\map.txt")

RandomPickUnique

RandomPickUnique = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkRandNumberUnique

Returns a random and unique Cisco Unified MeetingPlace profile number (VUName) that is compared to existing VUNames on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server.

The first parameter is the number of digits (max. 32) for the generated value. The second parameter is the flag option and can be either: (1) to create a new value with writing into the registry or (0) to read from the registry the previously generated value in this manner.

Notes:

• There is only one registry placeholder and it is at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cisco Systems\Cisco MeetingPlace Directory Services\Plugin\LastRandomNum.

• If you use this function for a single profile, it will automatically not create a duplicate VUName.

• If you use this function for multiple profiles ("bulk load"), it may return a very low number of duplicated return values (approx. 1 to 5 per 1000 profiles with 6-digit generated values). The function does not add profiles with duplicate VUNames to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, but saves them in export logs. Replay these files after fixing VUNames manually.

• The number of profiles to be synchronized must be less than the maximum number of generated values. For example, the x-digit scope of generated values is 10^x. We recommend that the number of profiles be at least 1000 times lower than the number of generated values.

%VUName="8"+&Randompickunique("8", "1")

RemoveRDN

RemoveRDN= dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapRemoveRDN

Removes a number of RDNs from the end of a given DN string. The first parameter is the DN, and the second parameter is the number of RDNs to remove from the end of the DN. If the number of RDNs to remove is greater than the number of RDNs present, then a null string is returned.

manager=&RemoveRDN(fulldistname,1)

ReparentDN

ReparentDN = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapReparentDN

Used to map a DN in one subtree to an equivalent position in a different subtree. The first parameter is an attribute parameter; the next two parameters are string literals. The second parameter is the initial parent DN; the third parameter is the new parent DN. The DNs must be in DC-Directory rather than in LDAP form.

destNewDNAttr=*&ReparentDN(*srcOldDNAttr, "/c=US/o=MyCorp", "/dc=com/dc=mycorp")

ReplaceSubstring

ReplaceSubstring = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapReplaceSubstring

Used to perform a substring replacement on all values of the attribute, replacing all instances of a specified string with an alternative value. The first parameter is an attribute parameter; the second two parameters are string literals. The second parameter is the string to search for; the third parameter is the replacement string.

destProperAttr=*&ReplaceSubstring(*srcShortHandAttr, "Init:", "Initials:")

SingleSpace

SingleSpace = dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapSingleSpace

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and in each value replaces any occurrence of multiple consecutive space characters with a single space character, returning the modified values.

destStringAttr=*&SingleSpace(*srcStringAttr)

SingleValToMulti

SingleValToMulti = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapSingleValToMulti

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and maps a single value to a list of values.

destMultiValAttr=*&SingleValToMulti(srcSingleValAttr)

SpaceNormRDNValue

SpaceNormRDNValue= dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapSpaceNormDCDRDN

This function takes a single RDN value as a parameter and normalizes it by removing any spaces from the beginning or end of the value and replacing any instances of repeated spaces by a single space. This normalized value is then returned. This function should be used to normalize RDNs returned from DC-Directory through Remote DCD Sync and LDAP Sync to DC-Directory MetaLink agreements.

fullDistName = "/c=US/o=MyOrg/cn=" + &SpaceNormRDNValue(givenname)

String2Number

String2Number = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkString2Number

Converts a string to a number based on the standard telephone pad.

VUname=&String2number(uid)

StringExtASCII

StringExtASCII = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringUTF2ASCII

Converts a string with extended ASCII to ASCII.

destStringExtASCIIAttr=&StringExtASCII(srcNameAttr)

StringLeft

StringLeft = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringLeft

Returns everything to the left of the first occurrence of a given character.

fullDirectoryName= "/o=yourcompany.com/ou=people/nm="+&StringLeft(Assoc-NT-Account, "\5C")

StringMidNoEnd

StringMidNoEnd = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringMidNoEnd

Returns a substring from a given starting index and containing given n characters.

Note: Unlike MidString, StringMidNoEnd does not produce an error if the strlen(string) < (start + n).

FaxNum=&StringMidNoEnd(Telephone-Fax, "3", "5")

StringMidNoStartNoEnd

StringMidNoStartNoEnd =MPPlugin.dll, mlkStringMidNoStartNoEnd

Returns a substring from a given starting index and containing given n characters.

Note: Unlike MidString, StringMidNoEnd will not produce an error if the strlen(string) < (start + n),or if strlen(string) < (end - n).

FaxNum=&StringMidNoStartNoEnd(Telephone-Fax, "3", "5")

StringRemoveNonDigit

StringRemoveNonDigit = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringRemoveNonDigit

Removes all nondigit characters in a given string. This function is useful for mapping a phone number to vuname.

%VUName=&StringRightN(&StringRemoveNonDigit(telephonenumber), "7")

StringRight

StringRight = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringRight

Returns everything to the right of the first occurrence of a given character, starting from the right.

fullDirectoryName= "/o=yourcompany.com/ou=people/nm"+&StringRight(Assoc-NT-Account, "\5C")

StringRightN

StringRightN = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkStringRightN

Returns a substring of n characters, starting at the right end of a given string.

%VUName=Telephone-Office2 | &StringRightN(Telephone-Office1, "4")

TelephoneValidate

TelephoneValidate = dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapTelValidate

Takes a single attribute as a parameter and normalizes it by removing all characters other than those allowed in the standard international representation of a phone number (that is, the digits 0 to 9, space, and the + symbol), returning the normalized number.

destTelephoneNumberAttr=*&TelephoneValidate(*srcTelephoneNumberAttr)

TrimWhiteSpace

TrimWhiteSpace = dcmlkcnv.dll,mlkAMapTrim

Removes blank spaces from start to end of each value.

destTrimmedAttr=*&TrimWhiteSpace(*srcUntrimmedAttr)

Truncate

Truncate= dcmlkcnv.dll, mlkAMapTruncate

Truncates a string value. The first parameter is a string value to be truncated, and the optional parameter on registration is an integer specifying the length to which the string is truncated.

destInitials=&Truncate(initials)

UnixDate

UnixDate = MPPlugIn.dll,mlkUnixDate

Converts a standard date (mmddyyyy) to Unix time format or vice versa.

To convert standard date (for example, 12/31/2003) to Unix time:

VUPasswordLastChanged=&UnixDate(VUPasswordLastChanged, "0")

To convert Unix time to standard date (for example, 12/31/2003):

VUPasswordLastChanged=&UnixDate(VUPasswordLastChanged, "1")