From beb0524774cbd4547cdfc32e4c6c55b5ab7f8e39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maciej Aniserowicz Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:26:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added readme --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99a53ce --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +FimExplorer +========= + +Tool for executing XPath queries against FIM without going though it's horrible web portal. + +What it can do: + +* run any xpath query against FIM (you can choose what attributes will be fetched; all are fetched by default) +* find objects by ID +* display results in grid +* display single object information in a dialog (double-click the grid row) +* navigate through references (click on the ID link) +* export displayed results to XML (this one produces the same results as FIM migration cmdlets: Export-FIMConfig / ConvertTo-FIMResource / ConvertFrom-FIMResource, read MSDN for more info) +* import objects from XML (generated by FimExplorer or FIM cmdlets) and show them in grid; this can be useful for "offline" analysis +* it is not required to run on a machine with FIM installed + +**Important** + +It uses [Predica.FimCommunication library](https://github.com/Predica/FimClient) library under the hood. It is referenced as a Git submodule. So after you clone the FimExplorer repository make sure to also run "**git submodule init**" and "**git submodule update**" commands to download it! \ No newline at end of file