Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Nathan Kopp <>]

I’m wondering if there is some documentation out that explains some of the intricate details of Grouper’s attribute system and the motivation behind it.  I’ve been able to get attributes working, but some aspects leave me confused.

 

For example, we already have four steps necessary to assign an attribute value to an entity:

AttributeDef

AttributeDefName

Attribute Assignment (assignAttribute;  optional)

Attribute Value (assignValue)

 

I noticed that 1.6 added another API-accessible layer: AttributeDefType

 

As a new Grouper user, all of these layers seem like they add lots of flexibility, but also lots of complexity.  I’ve seen documentation showing examples of how to use each layer (so I have been able to make it work), but I have not yet found anything that explains the PURPOSE of each layer, and why each exists separate from the others.  Therefore, I don’t yet know why I would want to do anything other than what the examples show.  Has such an explanation already been written?

 

Thanks!

 

Nathan Kopp

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