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Identity Manager 8.1.4 - Administration Guide for Connecting to a Universal Cloud Interface

Managing Universal Cloud Interface environments Setting up synchronization with a cloud application in Universal Cloud Interface Basic data for managing a Universal Cloud Interface environment Cloud target systems Container structures in a cloud target system Cloud user accounts Cloud groups Cloud permissions controls Provisioning object changes Reports about objects in cloud target systems Configuration parameters for managing cloud target systems Default project template for cloud applications in the Universal Cloud Interface

Additional tasks for managing groups

After you have entered the master data, you can run the following tasks.

Overview of groups

Use this task to obtain an overview of the most important information about a group.

To obtain an overview of a group

  1. Select the Cloud Target Systems | <target system> | Groups category.
  2. Select the group in the result list.
  3. Select the Group overview task.

Adding groups to groups

Use this task to add a group to another group.

To assign groups directly to a group

  1. In the Manager, select the Cloud Target Systems | <target system> | Groups category.

  2. Select the group in the result list.

  3. Select the Assign groups task.

  4. In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups that are subordinate to the selected group.

    TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove the assignment of groups.

    To remove an assignment

    • Select the group and double-click .
  5. Save the changes.

Effectiveness of group memberships

Table 38: Configuration parameters for conditional inheritance
Configuration parameter Effect when set

QER | Structures | Inherite | GroupExclusion

Preprocessor relevant configuration parameter for controlling effectiveness of group memberships. If the parameter is set, memberships can be reduced on the basis of exclusion definitions. Changes to this parameter require the database to be recompiled.

When groups are assigned to user accounts an employee may obtain two or more groups, which are not permitted in this combination. To prevent this, you can declare mutually exclusive groups. To do this, you specify which of the two groups should apply to the user accounts if both are assigned.

It is possible to assign an excluded group at any time either directly, indirectly, or with an IT Shop request. One Identity Manager determines whether the assignment is effective.

NOTE:

  • You cannot define a pair of mutually exclusive groups. That means, the definition "Group A excludes group B" AND "Group B excludes groups A" is not permitted.
  • You must declare each group to be excluded from a group separately. Exclusion definitions cannot be inherited.
  • One Identity Manager does not check if membership of an excluded group is permitted in another group (CSMGroupInGroup table).

The effectiveness of the assignments is mapped in the CSMUserInGroup and CSMBaseTreeHasGroup tables by the XIsInEffect column.

Example of the effect of group memberships
  • Group A is assigned through the "Marketing" department, group B through "Finance", and group C through the "Control group" business role.

Clara Harris has a user account in this target system. She primarily belongs to the "Marketing" department. The "Control group" business role and the "Finance" department are assigned to her secondarily. Without an exclusion definition, the user account obtains all the permissions of groups A, B, and C.

By using suitable controls, you want to prevent an employee from being able to trigger a request and to pay invoices. That means, groups A, B, and C are mutually exclusive. An employee that checks invoices may not be able to make invoice payments as well. That means, groups B and C are mutually exclusive.

Table 39: Specifying excluded groups (CSMGroupExclusion table)

Effective group

Excluded group

Group A

Group B

Group A

Group C

Group B

Table 40: Effective assignments

Employee

Member in role

Effective group

Ben King

Marketing

Group A

Jan Bloggs

Marketing, finance

Group B

Clara Harris

Marketing, finance, control group

Group C

Jenny Basset

Marketing, control group

Group A, Group C

Only the group C assignment is in effect for Clara Harris. It is published in the target system. If Clara Harris leaves the "control group" business role at a later date, group B also takes effect.

The groups A and C are in effect for Jenny Basset because the groups are not defined as mutually exclusive. That means that the employee is authorized to trigger requests and to check invoices. If this should not be allowed, define further exclusion for group C.

Table 41: Excluded groups and effective assignments

Employee

Member in role

Assigned group

Excluded group

Effective group

Jenny Basset

 

Marketing

Group A

 

Group C

 

Control group

Group C

 Group B

Group A

Prerequisites

  • The QER | Structures | Inherite | GroupExclusion configuration parameter is set.

  • Mutually exclusive groups belong to the same cloud target system.

To exclude a group

  1. In the Manager, select the Cloud Target Systems | <target system> | Groups category.

  2. Select a group in the result list.

  3. Select the Exclude groups task.

  4. In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups that are mutually exclusive to the selected group.

    - OR -

    In the Remove assignments pane, remove the groups that are not longer mutually exclusive.

  5. Save the changes.
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