Miscellaneous standard service tasks in Identity Manager

This article includes updates for Smart ID 22.04.

Create a request for the IN Groupe connector

Description

Use this task to create a request for the IN Groupe connector and place it in the process map.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${createINGroupeRequestParameterizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Mandatory	Example value	Description
CoreObjectListFieldName		Card_CoreObjectDescriptorList	Name of the variable in the process map, which contains a list of CoreObjectDescriptors, that should be used to create the request.
OutputFieldName		Output	Name of the variable in the process map, where the request xml should be output to.
ConfigurationFilePath		C:\export_mapping.properties	Absolute file path of the configuration file, that should be used to create the request. The configuration file needs to be encoded in UTF-8, to ensure language specific characters are displayed correctly.
statusAfterExport	-	ordered	Status that a card can take when the exporting was successfully done.
statusOnError	-	errorInProduction	Status that a card can take when the exporting was not successfully done.

Configuration file

The configuration file is needed for Identity Manager to know which tag of the IN Groupe request schema should be mapped with the corresponding value from the core object. Format the configuration file as a .properties file.

To set the value of a tag, specify the type name of the parent tag and the tag you want to modify, for example:

Example: Set a value of a tag

BatchRequestType_globalSchema = DEMANDES_2.1.XSD

The value can also be a juel expression which is available in the process map. If the expression can not be resolved it will result in an empty string.

Expressions that are always available:

${CurrentDate} that resolves to the current date in "yyyyddMMhhmm" format, and
${NumberOfIteration} which is a number that starts at 1 and is increased each time a core object is processed.

To set the "reference" attribute that is needed for, for example, "DataType", configure as follows:

Example: Set reference attribute

CardType_DataType|Numero_carte = 123456789

The part after the "|" symbol represents the reference value.

Import and process IN Groupe reports

Description

Use this task to read all IN Groupe report files from a folder and update any cards found inside.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${importINGroupeReportsParameterizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Example value	Description
InputFolder	C:\Input	The folder which contains all the XML files.
ImportedFolder	C:\Imported	The folder which stores already imported XML files.
ProblemFolder	C:\Problem	The folder which contains XML files that could not be imported.
ConfigurationFilePath	C:\import_mapping.properties	The absolute path to the mapping file.
UniqueFieldName	Card_CardNumber	The name of the field by which each card can be identified.
StatusMappingFieldName	StatusMapping	The name of the field that references a map, containing all the available mappings between a request status and a card status. Note: The card status values must be present in the state graph, and the transitions from one state to another must be valid.

Configuration file

The configuration file is needed for Identity Manager to know, which field of the IN Groupe report schema should be mapped with the corresponding value from the core object. The configuration file has to be formatted as a .properties file.

To set the value of a tag, you specify the type name of the parent tag and the tag you want to modify (EntRecType_unRef in the example below). And, on the right side of the equals we have the datapool and the field where the value needs to be written (Card_UniqueReference in the example below).

Example: Set a value of a tag

EntRecType_unRef = Card_UniqueReference

In the import mapping you also have constructs referring to complex objects from a list. To set the "reference" attribute that is needed for, for example, "InfoType", configure as follows:

Example: Set reference attribute

InfoType|Serial_Number_CT = Card_CardNumber

The left part of the "|" symbol shows the "InfoType" tag, which is a list containing some complex objects. The right part of the "|" symbol identifies which complex objects you will take the value from, for example "Serial_Number_CT". The value will then be added to the "CardNumber" field of the Card datapool.

Create ICS Calendar File

Description

Use this task to create an .ics file and store it in the data map.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${createIcsFileParametrizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Mandatory	Default value	Description
subject			The subject of the event.
location			The location of the event.
startTime			The start time of the event.
endTime			The end time of the event.
targetField	-	ics_calendar	Specified where the .ics file shall be stored in the data map.
allDayEvent	-	false	If set to "true" the event will be shown as an allDay event.
content			Defines the content of the event.

See following example as a reference:

Create PDF

Description

Use this task to create a pdf and store it in the datamap. The pdf will be generated from a Jasper Reports template.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${generatePdfParametrizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter

Mandatory

Default value

Description

reportName

The name of the Jasper Report. Must be available in Identity Manager Admin.

It can also be a JUEL Expression (for example, ${myDatapool_myReportNameField}. In this way, the template names from the process map are used dynamically.

fieldName

The datamap field to which the pdf will be stored (as a byte[]).

Create QR Code

Description

Use this task to take a valid URL from the datamap and generate a QR code from it.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${generateQRCodeTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Mandatory	Sample Value	Description
QRCodeLinkField		Person_Homepage	Describes the data map field in which the link is stored to create a QR code from.
QRCodeOutputField		output	The name of the output field to which the QR code ("jpg", byte[]) will be stored.

Binary Export

Description

Use this task to export a binary file from the datamap into a file location on the hard drive (Server side).

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${exportBinaryParametrizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter

Mandatory

Value

Description

exportFilePath

Example value:

C:/TEMP

Defines the folder into which the binary file shall be exported.

exportFileName

Example value:

${Person_FirstName}_${Person_LastName}.txt

Defines the name of the exported binary.

exportDataMapTargetField

Example value:

Person_Signature

Defines the datamap field from which the action should export the binary file.

Image Export

Description

Use this task to export an image from the datamap into a file location on the hard drive (Server side). The file extension will be automatically set depending on the image format.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${exportImageJavaDelegate}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter

Mandatory

Value

Description

exportFilePath

Example value:

C:/TEMP

Defines the folder into which the image shall be exported.

exportFileBaseName

Example value:

${Person_FirstName}_${Person_LastName}

Defines the base of the exported image. The export will append a time stamp so that it will result in, for example: John_Doe_2019-11-20_10-52-19.jpg

exportDataMapTargetField

Example value:

Person_Photo

Defines the datamap field from which the action should export the image.

Image Resize

Description

Use this task to define a ParametrizedAction which is capable of downsizing pictures inside of a Process.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${resizeImageJavaDelegate}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Mandatory	Default value	Description
dataPoolSourceField			The datapool field in which the source image is stored.
dataPoolTargetField			The datapool field in which the target image shall be stored.
imageWidthInPx			The desired image width of the target image in px.
imageHeightInPx			The desired image height of the target image in px.
maxBinarySizeInKB	-		Defines the maximum size the output file shall be. When the resize doesn't lead to the desired size, the action will perform a quality shrink (defined by spring parameter "qualityStep") as long as the size matches the size given by this parameter.
keepRatio		true	Boolean flag which indicates weather the aspect ratio of the image should be kept or not. If set to true and the picture is in landscape format the dimensions are: (width = imageWithInPx \| height = smaller than imageHeightInPx) If set to true and the picture is in portrait format the dimensions are: (width = smaller than imageWidthInPx \| height = imageHeightInPx)
qualityDescreaseStep	-	0.05	Indicates the quality decrease step when trying to minimize the quality to reach the desired maxBinarySizeInKB.

This is a flowchart of the task:

Import CSV File

Description

Use this task to import all rows from a CSV file as core objects.

The following must apply:

The file must exist in the data map as byte array.
- To achieve this, upload a CSV file in a prior user task.
- As form field, use either a data pool field with data type "Binary Data" or a "Variable Binary Field". The "Binary Data Definition" should be "CSV" in both cases.

Whenever there is a problem with the import, no objects will be imported at all. An exception will be thrown with a message identifying the row or even the cell that caused the problem. This message will be logged, too.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${importIdentitiesFromCSVTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Default value	Description
csvField		The field which contains the CSV file as byte array. You can use a Binary Field or a Variable Binary Field.
targetCoreTemplateName		The core template name which should be used for the new core objects. This should be based on a DAO based Datapool.
commaSeparatedListOfUniqueIdentifiers		Comma separated list of the fields which identify one unique core object.
maxNumberOfEntriesInCSV		This can be used to limit the number of core objects. If it's set and there are more entries in the CSV, an Exception will be thrown.
createdCoreObjectDescriptorListVarName		When used, the variable with the configured name will contain a list of CoreObjectDescriptors after the execution. The list describes the core objects that had been newly created by the action. Thus it's possible to perform subsequent operations on those core objects later in the process.
updatedCoreObjectDescriptorListVarName		Same as for createdCoreObjectDescriptorListVarName except that the list will contain the modified core objects. When you configure the same name as for createdCoreObjectDescriptorListVarName the resulting list will contain descriptors for both types of core objects: newly created as well as modified.
mapping		Specifying a mapping provides manifold possibilities to configure the content of the CSV file. Without a mapping the following restrictions apply: The CSV file must contain a header line. The column headers must be literally equal to the datapool field names of the datapool of the target core template. The delimiter must be a comma. The format for dates must be dd-mm-yyyy. The format for time values must be hh:mm:ss. The format for datetime values must be dd-mm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss. Also consider this: When providing a mapping, its source data pool describes the CSV file while it's target data pool must be the datapool of the target core template. The source data pool must have a data source of type "CSV File". At the data source of the source data pool you can configure, whether the CSV file contains a header row or not. At the data source of the source data pool you can configure the delimiter character used in the CSV file. You may leave the data source's file name empty. The data pool fields of the source data pool must match the columns of the CSV file in the correct order. All fields must be of type "Text". The field names can be chosen arbitrary. The field mappings of the mapping define which columns of the CSV file are imported. You may omit fields of the source data pool. All fields of the target data pool that are contained in the commaSeparatedListOfUniqueIdentifiers must be mapped. If the CSV file contains columns that are mapped to data fields of the target data pool of type date, time or datetime, you must configure the format with the field mapping. See here for information about creating a new or editing an existing data pool. See here for information about creating a new or editing an existing mapping.
errorMessageField	ErrorMessage	If this field is provided and an error occurs, a message containing the cause is not only logged but additionally put into the variable with the specified name.

Validate Uploaded Photos

If you need to use this service task, please contact Nexus.

Description

Use this task to validate the uploaded photos. This task is compatible with FaceVACS-SDK 9.4.0.

Follow these steps:

Install FaceVACS-SDK 9.4.0 on server.
Import the valid license to sdk, see FaceVACS documentation.
Copy the frsdkjava-9.4.0.jar in %TOMCATE_DIR%/lib. Normally the jar file is located in %FVSDK_9_4_0_DIR%/lib/x86_64/msc_14.1-sse4_crtdll/.
The native library jfrsdkjni-9.4.0.dll has to be setup in TOMCAT. For example, set the CATALINA_OPTS in catalina.bat:
- SET CATALINA_OPTS=-Djava.library.path="C:\FVSDK_9_4_0\lib\x86_64\msc_14.1-sse4_crtdll;C:/FVSDK_9_4_0/lib/x86_64/share"

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${cognitecFaceVACSValidationParametrizedTask}

The FRSDK configuration file have to be configured in the faceVACSObjectsCreater bean (needed at runtime). This file can be located in "%INSTALLDIR%/etc/frsdk.cfg".

Example

<bean id="cognitecFaceVACSValidationParametrizedAction" class="de.vps.act.action.photo.validation.CognitecFaceVACSValidationParametrizedAction">
    <property name="faceVACSChecker">
        <bean class="de.vps.act.action.photo.validation.FaceVACSChecker">
            <property name="faceVACSObjectsCreator" ref="faceVACSObjectsCreator" />
        </bean>
    </property>
</bean>
 
<bean id="faceVACSObjectsCreator" class="de.vps.act.action.photo.validation.FaceVACSObjectsCreator">
    <constructor-arg value="C:/FVSDK_9_4_0/etc/frsdk.cfg" />
</bean>

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter	Mandatory	Default value	Description
outputFieldName			On which variable the result of checking will be available in data map.
photoFieldName			Photo field name in data map.
checkColor	-	false	Returns true if the portrait characteristics are based on color and false if they are based on Gray scale (intensity) image.
checkNaturalSkinColour	-	false	Natural colours in face region. Returns true if the face region has natural colors, otherwise false.
checkFrontal	-	false	The face is considered frontal if the rotation of the head is less than +/-5 degrees from frontal for yaw and pitch and if roll angle of head is less then +/-8 degrees.
checkEyesOpen	-	false	Returns true if both eyes of the person are open.
checkEyesGazeFrontal	-	false	Returns true if the person’s eyes are looking frontal to the camera.
checkEyesNotRed	-	false	Returns true if both eyes pupils are not detected as red.
checkNoTintedGlasses	-	false	According to ISO 19794-5:2005 section 7.2.11 and best recommendations glasses should not be tinted.
checkSharp	-	false	Returns true if the face area (from chin to crown and from left to right ear) fits the focus and depth in field characteristics(see ISO 19794-5:2005 section 7.3.3).
checkMouthClosed	-	false	Returns true if mouth is closed according to ISO 19794-5:2005 section 7.2.3 and appendix A 2.2.1

Generate Random GUID into Data Map Field

Description

Use this task to generate a random GUID and store it in the data pool.

Configuration

To use this task, configure the following delegate expression in your service task:

${generateGUIDForEntityParameterizedTask}

The following parameters can be configured in Identity Manager Admin:

Parameter

Mandatory

Value

Description

GuidDataPoolField

Example value:

Card_Guid

Which data pool field to store the GUID in.

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