Person search pre-process

Description

Person Search Pre-process feature allows identity search by passing a given query to the CIM core. The query result is appended to Person Creation Pre-process Extension Point input data.

In order to be able to use this feature extension needs to implement the PersonCreationPreProcessSearchExtension and PersonCreationPreProcessExtension. Person Search pre-process is disabled by default.

Person Search Pre-process Extension Point receives following data:

• expected_profile - profile of a person that is about to be created.
• external_idp_attributes - attributes from an external Identity Provider to create a Person.

Person Search Pre-process Extension Point returns object with fields:

• person_search_request - search data request to get possible profile_candidates that are then available in Person Creation Pre-process Extension Point

Extension point usage

Person Search Pre-processing is executed when a Person is created::

• via Person API
• when inviting person
• during person migration
• during automatic sign-up

To understand how it works together with PersonCreationPreProcessExtension see this topic guide under Determining action for profile candidates.