Changing system entities

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View and change characteristics of entities.

Before you begin

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About this task

You cannot change the entity type due to the associated schema definition. Instead, you must delete the entity and create an entity with the wanted type.

To change an existing entity, complete these steps:

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, click Configure System > Manage Entities.
    The Manage Entities page is displayed.
  2. On the Manage Entities page, select the check box next to the entity that you want to modify, and then click Change.
    The Change Entity notebook is displayed.
  3. Click the tab for what you want to edit.
    • Entity Detail Information: View or assign LDAP class and name attribute.
    • Attribute Mapping: Map attributes to customer LDAP attributes.
    • Attribute Auditing: Exclude attributes that are too long (> 4000 bytes) from auditing.
      Note: The Attribute Auditing tab appears only for entities that belong to an Entity type of Account, Business Partner Person, or Person.
  4. Change the entity and then click OK.

What to do next

A message indicates that you successfully updated the entity.

Perform additional entity management tasks, or click Close.