User Defined Aliases are used to retrieve information from your domain controllers about the current user's account. The values retrieved are available for use throughout your Script Start configuration.
Filter:
Select the name of the filter you want assigned to this configuration element.
Alias Type:
A Simple Alias queries the domain controller for the Full Name field. An Advanced Alias queries an Active Directory domain controller for multiple attributes assigned to a user account. The Advanced Alias option is more powerful and retrieves more information than the Simple Alias option. However, the Advanced Alias option cannot be used in every environment.
NOTE: The 'Advanced Alias' option requires an Active Directory infrastructure and ADSI support on your clients. To use ADSI on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition, you will need to install the Active Directory Client Extension, commonly referred to as the DSClient. ADSI support is included as part of the base operating system on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003.
Alias Name:
Enter a descriptive name for your alias. This name can be used throughout your script configuration and will be dynamically substituted with the value retrieved from the domain controller. An Alias Name is marked for substitution by prepending it with two dollar signs. For example, if you choose fname as your Alias Name, you will use $$fname anywhere you want the substitution to occur.
Full Name Format:
Choose the format of the Full Name field. This option applies to Simple Aliases only.
Simple Alias Field:
The Simple Alias Fields are derived from the Full Name field. Select the field containing the values you want assigned to your Alias Name. This option applies to Simple Aliases only.
Advanced Alias Field:
The Advanced Alias Fields correspond to the fields listed in Active Directory. Select the field containing the value you want assigned to your Alias Name. This option applies to Advanced Aliases only.
Characters:
Allows you to use only part of the value retrieved from the domain controller. If you enable this option, you will need to choose a starting character and an ending character. For example, entering one (1) for the starting character and eight (8) for the ending character would retrieve the first eight (8) characters.
Example:
Filter: Global Settings
Alias Type: Advanced Alias
Alias Name: email
Advanced Alias Field: E-mail
The above example will create an alias named email. This alias will contain the user's E-mail address retrieved from Active Directory. Anywhere you use $$email in your script configuration, the user's E-mail address will be substituted.
Example:
Filter: Global Settings
Alias Type: Simple Alias
Alias Name: lname_initial
Full Name Format: First Middle Last
Simple Alias Field: Last Name
Characters: 1-1
The above example will create an alias named lname_initial. This alias will contain the first character of the user's Last Name. The user's Last Name is derived from the Full Name Format option and the Full Name value retrieved from the authenticating domain controller. Anywhere you use $$lname_initial in your script configuration, the first character of the user's Last Name will be substituted.
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