Synchronizing single objects
Individual objects can only be synchronized if the object is already present in the One Identity Manager database. The changes are applied to the mapped object properties.
NOTE: If the object is no longer present in the target system, then it is deleted from the One Identity Manager database.
To synchronize a single object
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In the Manager, select the SAP R/3 category.
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Select the object type in the navigation view.
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In the result list, select the object that you want to synchronize.
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Select the Synchronize this object task.
A process for reading this object is entered in the job queue.
NOTE: If single object synchronization is run for a user account, the assigned SAP group, roles, profiles, parameters, and communications data are not read in.
To transfer changes to assignments in to One Identity Manager, run a full synchronization.
Detailed information about this topic
Ignoring data error in synchronization
By default, objects with incorrect data are not synchronized. These objects can be synchronized once the data has been corrected. In certain situations, however, it might be necessary to synchronize objects like these and ignore the data properties that have errors. This synchronization behavior can be configured in One Identity Manager.
To ignoring data errors during synchronization in One Identity Manager
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In the Synchronization Editor, open the synchronization project.
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Select the Configuration > One Identity Manager connection category.
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In the General view, click Edit connection.
This starts the system connection wizard.
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On the Additional options page, enable Try to ignore data errors.
This option is only effective if Continue on error is set in the synchronization workflow.
Default columns, such as primary keys, UID columns, or mandatory input columns cannot be ignored.
- Save the changes.
IMPORTANT: If this option is set, One Identity Manager tries to ignore commit errors that could be related to data errors in a single column. This causes the data changed in the affected column to be discarded and the object is subsequently saved again. This effects performance and leads to loss of data.
Only set this option in the exceptional circumstance of not being able to correct the data before synchronization.
Basic data for managing an SAP R/3 environment
To manage an SAP R/3 environment in One Identity Manager, the following basic data is relevant.
- Configuration parameter
Use configuration parameters to configure the behavior of the system's basic settings. One Identity Manager provides default settings for different configuration parameters. Check the configuration parameters and modify them as necessary to suit your requirements.
Configuration parameters are defined in the One Identity Manager modules. Each One Identity Manager module can also install configuration parameters. In the Designer, you can find an overview of all configuration parameters in the Base data > General > Configuration parameters category.
For more information, see Configuration parameters for managing an SAP R/3 environment.
- Account definitions
One Identity Manager has account definitions for automatically allocating user accounts to employees. You can create account definitions for every target system. If an employee does not yet have a user account in a target system, a new user account is created. This is done by assigning account definitions to an employee.
For more information, see Setting up account definitions.
- Password policy
provides you with support for creating complex password policies, for example, for system user passwords, the employees' central password as well as passwords for individual target systems. Password polices apply not only when the user enters a password but also when random passwords are generated.
Predefined password policies are supplied with the default installation that you can use or customize if required. You can also define your own password policies.
For more information, see Password policies for SAP user accounts.
- Initial password for new user accounts
You have the different options for issuing an initial password for user accounts. Enter a password or use a random generated initial password when you create a user account.
For more information, see Initial password for new SAP user accounts.
- Email notifications about credentials
When a new user account is created, the login data are sent to a specified recipient. In this case, two messages are sent with the user name and the initial password. Mail templates are used to generate the messages.
For more information, see Email notifications about login data.
- Login languages
User accounts can be assigned a default login language. Login languages can be loaded in to the One Identity Manager database through synchronization.
For more information, see Login languages.
- Target system types
Target system types are required for configuring target system comparisons. Tables with outstanding objects are maintained with the target system types and settings are configured for provisioning memberships and single objects synchronization. Target system types also map objects in the Unified Namespace.
For more information, see Post-processing outstanding objects.
- Servers
In order to handle target system specific processes in One Identity Manager, the synchronization server and its server functionality must be declared.
For more information, see Editing a server.
- Target system managers
A default application role exists for the target system manager in One Identity Manager. Assign the employees who have permission to edit all clients in One Identity Manager to this application role.
Define additional application roles if you want to limit the permissions for target system managers to individual clients. The application roles must be added under the default application role.
For more information, see Target system managers.
Setting up account definitions
One Identity Manager has account definitions for automatically allocating user accounts to employees. You can create account definitions for every target system. If an employee does not yet have a user account in a target system, a new user account is created. This is done by assigning account definitions to an employee.
The data for the user accounts in the respective target system comes from the basic employee data. The employees must have a central user account. The employees must have a central an SAP user account. The assignment of the IT operating data to the employee’s user account is controlled through the primary assignment of the employee to a location, a department, a cost center, or a business role. Processing is done through templates. There are predefined templates for determining the data required for user accounts included in the default installation. You can customize templates as required.
For detailed information about account definitions, see the One Identity Manager Target System Base Module Administration Guide.
The following steps are required to implement an account definition:
In SAP R/3, if user accounts are managed through the central user administration (), you can use account definitions to grant user accounts access to the child systems and the central system. For more information, see Central user administration in One Identity Manager.
