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<section id="tools_newentry_wizard">
<title>New Entry wizard</title>
<para>This wizard helps you to create a new entry.</para>
<para>
To start the wizard choose one of the following options:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
In the LDAP Browser view select an entry or search
result or bookmark. Then choose
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format="GIF" />
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</inlinemediaobject>
<emphasis role="strong">New Entry...</emphasis>
from context menu.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In the Workbench window's toolbar, activate the
drop-down menu on the New Wizard button and select
<emphasis role="strong">LDAP Entry</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In the Workbench menu bar select
<emphasis role="strong">
File > New > LDAP Entry
</emphasis>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The creation of a new LDAP entry is a four-step process:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="tools_newentry_wizard_1">
Select entry creation method.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="tools_newentry_wizard_2">
Specify object classes of the new entry.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="tools_newentry_wizard_3">
Specifiy the distinguished name of the new
entry.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="tools_newentry_wizard_4">
Enter attributes and values of the new entry.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<simplesect id="tools_newentry_wizard_1">
<title>Page 1</title>
<para>First you have to select the entry creation method.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
With the option
<emphasis role="strong">Create entry from scratch</emphasis>
you could create a the new entry from scratch. All object
classes and attributes have to be specified in the wizard.
</para>
<para>
The option
<emphasis role="strong">
Use existing entry as template
</emphasis>
allows you to use an existing entry with its object classes
and attributes as template. The entry used as template could
be specified in the input field:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
By default the DN of entry that was selected
when the wizard has been started is used as
template entry.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You could manually edit the DN of the templayte
entry.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You could choose a previously used DN from
drop-down list.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
By clicking
<emphasis role="strong">Browse....</emphasis>
you could open a dialog to select the DN of the
template entry.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="tools_newentry_wizard_2">
<title>Page 2</title>
<para>
On the second page you have to choose the object classes of
the new entry.
</para>
<para>
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fileref="images/tools_newentry_wizard_2.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
<para>
The list
<emphasis role="strong">Available object classes</emphasis>
on the left side lists the object classes provided from
schema of the current connection. The list
<emphasis role="strong">Selected object classes</emphasis>
lists the object classes of the new entry. To add object
classed to the "selected" list select some in the
"available" list and click the
<emphasis role="strong">Add</emphasis>
button. You could also double-click an object class in the
"available" list. To remove object classed from the
"selected" list select some in the "selected" list and click
the
<emphasis role="strong">Remove</emphasis>
button. You could also double-click an object class in the
"selected" list.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="tools_newentry_wizard_3">
<title>Page 3</title>
<para>
On the third page you have to define the distinguished name
of the new entry.
</para>
<para>
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fileref="images/tools_newentry_wizard_3.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
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</screenshot>
</para>
<para>
The parent of the new entry could be specified in the input
field:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
If you choosed the "from scratch" method the DN
of entry that was selected when the wizard has
been started is used by default. If you choosed
the "template" method the parent of the template
entry is used by default.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>You could manually edit the parent DN.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You could choose a previously used DN from
drop-down list.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
By clicking
<emphasis role="strong">Browse....</emphasis>
you could open a dialog to select the parent DN.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
To specify the RDN select an attribute from the drop-down
list and enter the value. If you choosed the "template"
method the RDN is preset with the RDN of the template entry.
The wizard also support multivalued RDNs. With the
<emphasis role="strong">+</emphasis>
and
<emphasis role="strong">-</emphasis>
buttons you can add and remove name-value pairs.
</para>
<para>The DN preview field shows a preview of the DN.</para>
<para>
When clicking to
<emphasis role="strong">Next</emphasis>
the wizard checks if an entry with the specified DN already
exists. In that case you have to change the DN of the new
entry.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="tools_newentry_wizard_4">
<title>Page 4</title>
<para>
On the fourth page you have to define the attributes of the
new entry.
</para>
<para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata scale="50"
fileref="images/tools_newentry_wizard_4.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
<para>
The layout and features are similar to the Entry editor. You
could add, edit or delete attributes and values.
</para>
<para>
If you have choosed the "template" method all attributes of
the template entry are already filled in the new entry.
Otherwise only the selected object classes and the RDN
attribute are filled.
</para>
<para>
As soon as all MUST attributes are filled the
<emphasis role="strong">Finish</emphasis>
button is activated. When clicking the button the new entry
will be created in directory.
</para>
</simplesect>
</section>