You use Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 in your company network. You receive the following error: Object "CN=BartDuncan, OU=FIMObjects, DC=Contoso,DC=com" does not have a parent object in…

If the ContosoADMA is not configured to include the containers and partitions where the parent object exists or where the child object is intended to be provisioned, the MA will be unable to recognize the parent.

For an object to correctly have a parent within the management agent's connector space, the parent object must have been successfully imported and staged during an import operation.

Staging connector space objects during an export operation is typically relevant for changes being written to the connected directory, not for establishing or verifying a parent's existence within the MA's view.

Misconfigured rules extensions (custom code or synchronization rules) can lead to incorrect provisioning logic, causing FIM to attempt to create a child object under a non-existent or inaccessible parent.

Inbound synchronization rules govern how objects and attributes are brought into the FIM metaverse, and errors in their DNs would not directly cause a child object to lack a parent in the *management agent's* connected directory space.

Typographical errors in the Distinguished Name (DN) defined by an outbound synchronization rule can cause FIM to try and provision an object into a parent Organizational Unit (OU) that does not exist or is unrecognized by the target Active Directory.