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Relate Tasks to Date-Based Attributes

Identity Manager treats all attributes as strings or multi-valued strings. The Option Pack allows you to treat an attribute as a date for use with scheduled tasks. Any attribute can be declared as a date. By doing so, the Scheduled Task engine no longer compares values as strings, but as dates.

Example

You must create an automated process to disable temporary users twenty days before their termination date.

1. Add the Termination Date attribute to the task you want to execute, such as Disable User.
2. Go to Scheduled Tasks and create the new scheduled task Disable Contractor.
3. Set Task to perform to Disable User.
4. Enter the following values in the search filter:
   • Attribute: Termination Date
   • Operator: Before Today (in days)
   • Value: 20

   You can add any other attribute in the search filter, such as Employee Type = Contractor. In this case, only contractors are affected.

Note: If your search filter includes date-based attributes, such as Termination Date, we recommend populating only users with relevant values. For example, do not populate users that have no Termination Date, as this will negatively impact performance.