What are connector rules used for?

Connector rules play a critical role in managing interactions between SailPoint IdentityIQ and external systems during the identity provisioning process. Specifically, they are utilized in pre-iteration and post-iteration processes, which involve automating actions or data manipulations before and after the main provisioning event.

During the pre-iteration phase, connector rules can be employed to prepare data, verify the integrity of information, or adjust configuration settings to ensure that the identities being provisioned meet the necessary criteria for the external system. This may include filtering users based on specific attributes, making adjustments to data formats, or triggering additional workflows that need to occur before the main connector action.

Post-iteration processes involve executing additional actions after the primary data transfer or processing has completed. This can include tasks such as logging the results of the iteration, notifying stakeholders of the outcomes, or performing clean-up operations to maintain data integrity. These capabilities make connector rules essential for ensuring that integrations with external systems are executed smoothly and that any subsequent actions are handled appropriately.

In contrast, while managing user roles, data transformation, and graphical reporting are all significant aspects of SailPoint IdentityIQ, they do not specifically pertain to the role of connector rules. User roles are typically managed through different modules and configurations; data transformation