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KB34751: How to change the Default User Name and Distinguished Name header variable names when using Trusted Authentication in MicroStrategy Web 9.x.


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Strategy Web 9.x provides out-of-the-box support, with pre-configured properties, for CA SiteMinder and IBM Tivoli.
Users can customize IBM Tivoli or CA SiteMinder so that Strategy Web reads different header variables to retrieve the user ID and/or the Distinguished Name (DN) of the user, instead of using the pre-configured properties for single sign-on.
By default the name of the headers Strategy Web will use to read the user name and/or Distinguished Name (DN) of the user are:
 
CA SiteMinder
 

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

 
 
 
 

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IBM Tivoli
 

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

Zero-based index of the layout you want to change.  For instance: If you want to switch to the first layout of the document this value should be equal to 0. LayoutIndex = LayoutNumber -1
 User NameSM_UNIVERSALID, SM_USER  Distinguished NameSM_USERDN User Name iv-user Distinguished Name iv-user-l

 
 
 

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ACTION:
The default values for those headers can be changed using the Customizations Editor as explained in the following Strategy documentation:
Changing the Default Settings for CA SiteMinder
Changing the Default Settings for IBM Tivoli Access Manager
Changing the Default Settings for Oracle Identity Manager
 
Third Party Software Warning:
The third-party product(s) discussed in this technical note are manufactured by vendors independent of Strategy. Strategy makes no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, regarding these products, including their performance or reliability.
 


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June 21, 2017

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February 2, 2024