Topics:

• Preparing the LDAP Environment
• Configuring the Adapter for LDAP
• Managing LDAP Metadata

The Adapter for LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) allows applications to access LDAP data sources. The adapter converts data or application requests into native LDAP statements and returns optimized answer sets to the requesting program.

This is a read-only adapter that requires the installation of a third-party vendor LDAP API. Information Builders currently supports the following vendors: Sun, IBM, Novell, Microsoft.