I know only a little about AD and my question is probably more general than is usual on this list so I'm not sure it is the right place to ask it. However... It has been suggested that AD might be used as a vehicle to implement a Reference Data Management application. In ERD terms we have hierachies and networks of entities. For example we have a list of all Reference Data concepts e.g. Channel, Service, Outlet, Platform - effectively a list of all the entities deemed to be reference data. Each item in the list has a number of attributes (quite separate from the Entity attributes themselves). Selecting a concept then takes you to the next level of the hierarchy e.g selecting Channel takes you to the Service entity which holds values such as BBC1 BBC2 BBC4, BBC Choice etc, each of which has attributes. Selecting one of these then takes you to the Outlet entity which holds values such as BBC1 North, BBC1 Scotland etc. each of which has attributes. This can continue again through several levels of hierarchy. There can be relationships between different legs of the hierarchies. For example, another part of the reference data is a set of Systems each of which is related as a user of reference items. We need to keep a record of which systems use which items of reference data (e.g. which systems use the ref data on the Service BBC Choice. We need to be able to relate Persons in Departments to Systems and Ref data items over which they have control. >From all of this we need to be able to disseminate to user systems as quickly as possible any changes that are made to reference data items.
On the surface the hierarchical nature of AD seems to lend itself to our needs but I am unclear whether, for example, Containers can have attributes or only the objects within Containers. And if the latter, how I would then relate one of those objects as the parent of a number of other objects (e.g. BBC1 (with its attributes) as the parent of BBC1 North, BBC1 Scotland etc each with attributes). Sorry for this long message and I hope it is intelligible. Any help on understanding if AD could be applied in this kind of situation would be immensely useful. Regards Malcolm Dodwell Malcolm Dodwell | Data Analyst | Professional Solutions | BBC Technology | Media Management & Metadata | Room G201| Stadium House | 68 Wood Lane | London W12 7TA T: +44 (0) 208 57 69799 | F: +44 (0) 208 57 63029 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In essence we have a range of reference data "concepts" (e.g. Channel, Outlet, Platform) each of which has attributes. Each concept then has "Concept Values" (e.g. for Channel, the Outlets BBC1, BBC2, BBC Choice etc...) each of which also has attributes. Each Concept Value (e.g. the Outlet BBC1) has itself a number of values which we call "Decodes" representing the current and historic representations e.g. for BBC1 they might include BBCOne, BBC ONE etc etc. Each of these also has attributes (such as Effective date). > -----Original Message----- > From: Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 October 2002 22:33 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ActiveDir] Issue enumerating more than 1000 members of a > group > > I am using some LDAP tools to enumerate the members of a group and it will > only list the first 1000 members. I have tried several tools, all with > the > same result. Is their a query policy that limits the number of results > returned MaxResultSetSize is the only one that comes to mind. Any help > is > appreciated. > > Todd Myrick > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
