UMRA Automation - Principle

User Management Resource Administrator supports 3 methods to integrate the functions of UMRA with other applications. Together, these methods form the UMRA Automation module. Tu use UMRA Automation, the other application must be configured to access User Management Resource Administrator. This can be done using several methods, described below:

1. UMRA Console Command Line Interface: With this method, the UMRA Console is application is activated directly from the command line. The application can execute any mass project and read the input data from a text (.csv) file. This method is mainly used to update Active Directory with account request changes that are stored in a text file. The method can be scheduled to run automatically with for instance Microsoft's AT command. See UMRA console - Command line options for more information.

2. UMRA COM: With this method, the main functions of UMRA can be accessed using the Component Object Model (COM). Any application that supports COM can integrate with UMRA using this method. Most application from Microsoft, including the Microsoft's Office applications and Internet Information Services (IIS) do support COM. This method is the recommended method to integrate UMRA functionality with other applications. See UMRA Automation - COM object for more information.

3. UMRA Automation Command Line Interface: This method is used to let the UMRA Service execute scripts from a command line. From the command line, the UMRA Service, form script name and variable values are specified. This method is used when UMRA COM cannot be used or when the functions of UMRA COM are not required. The functions of this method are a subset of UMRA COM. See UMRA Automation - Command Line Interface for more information.

See also:
UMRA forms - Introduction
UMRA Automation - Principle
UMRA console - Command line options
UMRA Automation - COM object
UMRA Automation - COM interface
UMRA service - Introduction
UMRA Automation - Command Line Interface