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Task Validator - Validate Tasks and find recommended or required fixes

  • Do you have a number of workflows that you write or customize in your IDM installation?
  • Do you find the urge to follow the best practices while programming in Xpress?
  • Do you wish to find discrepancies and errors/warnings in the code before it is deployed in the Production environment?
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Task Validator is a plugin to your current IDM deployment, preferably deployable in the Development environment.
It allows you to validate tasks in terms of their adherence to the best practices that the IDM product encourages for coding in Xpress.
Based on the level of validation (INFO, WARNING, ERROR), the tasks in the repository are scanned using standard Sun IDM API's to find occurrences of code that recommends or mandates correction. 		FAQ's
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Why use Task Validator?
  • It allows you to find discrepancies, inconsistencies that build up while coding a big workflow
  • It uses standard IDM API's to validate tasks
  • Provides an easy interface to select the tasks to be scanned and level to be used amond INFO, WARNING and ERROR
  • Displays the validation results in a color-coded format for easy reading
  • Once the warnings or errors are known, the tasks can be fixed before they are imported into the production environment
  • Above all, it's free to download and use! Plus, the code exists in a jsp, so you may customize further to suit your needs
  • The setup is simple! Check out the instructions below.
 Task Validator
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Requirements:
  • Sun Identity Manager version 5.0 or higher
Instructions:
Task Validator - Include file
  • Click here to download the zip file. It contains 2 jsp's that must be extracted within the IDM installation.
  • Extract the files into the "task" directory of your IDM installation directory
  • If you wish to provide a clickable sub-tab within the IDM administration console, modify the file: includes/bodyStart.jsp to include the downloaded file: task_validate.jsp
    Add the following line above the line for <% String navBar = p.getMainNavigation(); (see image on right):

    <%@ include file="../task/bodyStart_tab_task_validator.jsp" %>

  • Recycle your application server
  • You are good to go!
Technical yada yada:
  There might be occurrences of null pointer exceptions upon selection and scanning of multiple tasks.
The reason for this is quite unknown since it involves usage of internal IDM code.
Please know that this is being investigated and an update will be provided when an appropriate fix is found. If you find a solution to this, please feel free to share with all of us. Thank you!
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