attributeMappingSource resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Defines how a value should be extracted (or transformed) from the source object. For example, it can be a value taken from a given attribute on the source object, or it can be a more complex expression of string concatenation/extraction/replacement based on several source attributes.

Properties

Property Type Description
expression String Equivalent expression representation of this attributeMappingSource object.
name String Name parameter of the mapping source. Depending on the type property value, this can be the name of the function, the name of the source attribute, or a constant value to be used.
parameters stringKeyAttributeMappingSourceValuePair collection If this object represents a function, lists function parameters. Parameters consist of attributeMappingSource objects themselves, allowing for complex expressions. If type isn't Function, this property is null/empty array.
type attributeMappingSourceType The type of this attribute mapping source. Possible values are: Attribute, Constant, Function. Default is Attribute.

Sample syntaxes

Simple attribute to attribute mapping.

{
    "expression": "[mail]",
    "name": "mail",
    "type": "Attribute"
}

Expression extracting first eight characters from the source attribute.

 {
    "expression": "Mid([userPrincipalName], 1, 8)",
    "name": "Mid",
    "parameters": [
        {
            "key": "source",
            "value": {
                "expression": "[userPrincipalName]",
                "name": "userPrincipalName",
                "parameters": [],
                "type": "Attribute"
            }
        },
        {
            "key": "start",
            "value": {
                "expression": "\"1\"",
                "name": "1",
                "parameters": [],
                "type": "Constant"
            }
        },
        {
            "key": "length",
            "value": {
                "expression": "\"8\"",
                "name": "8",
                "parameters": [],
                "type": "Constant"
            }
        }
    ],
    "type": "Function"
}

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.attributeMappingSource",
  "expression": "String",
  "name": "String",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.stringKeyAttributeMappingSourceValuePair"
    }
  ],
  "type": "String"
}