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The Request By Attribute process is comprised of the following parts: the request string, the requests attribute, the request process, the result string, the results attribute.
- A The request string is a JSON string that contains the required properties and values for the request. A department administrator creates the JSON string manually or via a PowerShell script published by the Active Directory team.
- The requests attribute is a multi-valued attribute on a department's Administrative OU. A department administrator adds the request string to the requests attribute to submit the request. The attribute can contain multiple request strings.
- The request process is the script that processes requests and the scheduled task that runs the script hourly. The request process removes the request string from the requests attribute when processing the request.
- A The result string is a JSON string that contains the results of processing the request along with the original request string. The request process creates the result string and appends any errors encountered during processing to the result string.
- The results attribute is a multi-valued attribute on a department's Administrative OU. The request process adds the result string to the results attribute to report the outcome of the request to the department.
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- The requests attribute for a department is the utexasEduAustinMulti1 attribute on the department's Administrative OU. The members of the department's Department Administrators group can read and write the attribute to submit or cancel requests for processing.
- The results attribute for a department is the utexasEduAustinMulti2 attribute on the department's Administrative OU. The members of the department's Department Administrators group can read the attribute to review the results of any processed requests.
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