Deleting an attribute from the FIM Portal schema

Posted on January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Carol

To completely remove a binding and/or an attribute from the schema you need to do two things:

Make sure it is removed from every MPR, Workflow, Set definition, Search Scope, Email Template etc. A simple way is to use the ExportPolicy script and then just search for the attribute in the resulting file.
NULL the value on every object that has a value for this attribute. I posted some tips on this recently.

I've been doing IT for 30 years, and IdM for 15. I live in Australia and build IdM solutions based on Microsoft Identity Manager. I also play the violin, but that doesn't help much with the IdM solutions.

4 Replies to “Deleting an attribute from the FIM Portal schema”

Eugene Sergeev says:

January 24, 2013 at 4:57 am

and if you’ll do that having FIM Reporting installed then it will stuck forever claiming that requests were made to an attribute which is missing in schema
Carol says:

January 24, 2013 at 5:00 am

Oh dear – that’s good to know!
Personally I’m pretty disappointed with R2 Reporting so far and am continuing with my own DIY reporting methods.
Ross Currie says:

February 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm

Oddly though… once you create a new type… no way to get rid of that.

Eg, create a “Role” type.. can’t delete it.
Serge says:

April 26, 2013 at 2:52 pm

Hi Ross,
If you have created an ObjectTypeDescription resource, you have to know that FIM automatically create bindings with this resource type and common attributes (DisplayName, Creator, …). This is why you have to delete these BindingDescription resource before.

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