How To: Add a future date in a Description field

Applies To:

GroupID 8 & above - Synchronize

 Business Scenario:

An employee left the organization. We want to:

• move that user account to a different container and disable it.
• add a text with a function that will show a future date in the Description field. This date will determine when an employee's account would be deleted.

Is it possible to add a future date to the Description field, i.e., the description will be: "User Terminated – Delete On <function for the number of 30 days to add>".

Solution:

Yes, it is possible by adding a script to a Synchronize job. To move and disable users by means of a Synchronize job, visit this K.B. article, How to Disable user accounts Clear Memberships and Move to a Different Container.

To add the required text to the Description field, follow the steps below.

Steps:

1. In GroupID Management Console, expand the Synchronize node and click All Jobs.
2. Double-click a Synchronize job to launch the Edit Job wizard.
3. On the Field Map(s) page, click the Transform button for the Description field.
   
   
4. On the Transform dialog box, click the Edit Script button.
   
   
5. Copy the following into the Script Editor:
   
   

   Dim newDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1) DTM.Result = "Terminate user-Delete on " & newDate

   

6. After pasting the script, don’t forget to test it. Click on the toggle at the top of the Script Editor. On the dialog box, click Run Script.
   
   

Reference:

GroupID Online Help