howto extend Person model

[adamsz]

I'd like to synchronize users from my ldap server. I have to synchronize additional fields, like Department, Room, and other. How to extend build-in Person model (cmerson from contentModel.xml) to have those properties and how to show them on Profiles pages?

Best regards
Adam

[openpj]

You can add additional fields in your extension Spring configuration file:
1. Copy the alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/common-ldap-context.xml in your alfresco/extension folder
2. Modify it for adding your additional properties, each property will be a new entry in the map such as the following:

<property name="personAttributeMapping">
            <map>
….
<entry key="YOUR_CUSTOM_QNAME_PROPERTY">
                    <value>${ldap.synchronization.yourCustomPropertyAttributeName}</value>
                </entry>
            </map>
…
</property>
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3. Add the interpolated property ldap.synchronization.yourCustomPropertyAttributeName in your LDAP properties file.

Hope this helps