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Term · 3. Account Management & Provisioning

Shadow object

IDM/IGA Domain

Definition

In MidPoint, a **shadow object** is a repository object of type `ShadowType` that represents an *account, entitlement, or other resource object* as seen by MidPoint on an external resource. It is the connector-facing projection of the external object and stores information needed for synchronization, reconciliation, and provisioning correlation. The shadow is not the authoritative source of the object’s business state; it is MidPoint’s managed representation of the resource-side object.