Extended user attributes (UME)

[Former Member]

Hi there

I'd like to add some attributes to my application users.

I've read about ume.admin.addattrs and ume.admin.self.addattrs and I got it working, I mean, I can see those attributes in the "user admin" of my was server.

How can I read these values in my webdynpro application?

I've tried through IUser interface but it didn't work.

Is there any other way of adding attributes to WAS users?

thanks in advance

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

That is Ok but I am trying to get those user attributes from a Web Service. This is the code I am running:

IUser user = UMFactory.getUserFactory().getUserByUniqueName(username);
		String[] ns = user.getAttributeNamespaces();
		String[] attr = user.getAttributeNames(ns[0]);

Neither ns nor attr has the attributes I am looking for.

Any ideas?

[former_member182372 · Accepted solution]

Hi Julio,

Try this

try {
	IUser user = UMFactory.getUserFactory().getUserByUniqueName(username);
	String salesOrg;
	final String[] attribute = user.getAttribute(
		"com.sap.security.core.usermanagement", 
		"NAME_OF_CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTE_FOR_SALES_ORGANIZATION");
	
	if( attribute==null || attribute.length == 0 || !Utils.isNotEmpty(attribute[0]) ) {
	//manage error
		return;
	} else {
		salesOrg = attribute[0];
	}
} catch (final WDUMException e) {
	//manage exception
	return;
}

Best regards, Maksim Rashchynski.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Julio,

I think I found the problem:

I played around with this today and had the same problem. First I was thinking it might be because I tried to use my own namespaces. But in the end I found that <b>the attributes (and namespaces) are only present, if the current user has some values configured</b>, i.e. once you set some value for your custom attributes for a user, if that user logs in, you will also find the attributes.

Regards

Markus

[Former Member]

Excellent!

That was exactly it.

Thank you

[Former Member]

The namespace "com.sap.security.core.usermanagement" does not have the attributte I am specting.

Could you please explain to me the whole procedure for adding custom user attributes?

[former_member182372]

Hm, that`s strange. Try to iterate through

user.getAttributeNamespaces() and user.getAttributeNames() and print all of them to see what kind of attributes you have at all.

[former_member182372]

Hi Julio,

Check

Best regards, Maksim Rashchynski.