With the Active Roles Console, you can export Access Templates to an XML file and then import them from that file to populate another instance of Active Roles. The export and import operations provide a way to move Access Templates from a test environment to a production environment, and vice versa.
NOTE: When you export and then import an Access Template, only permission entries are transferred. The Access Template links are not exported, and therefore you need to reconfigure them manually after you imported the Access Template.
To export Access Templates, select them, right-click the selection, and select All Tasks > Export. In the Export Objects dialog, specify the file where you want to save the data, and click Save.
To import Access Templates, right-click the container where you want to place the Access Templates, and then click Import. In the Import Directory Objects dialog, select the file to which the Access Templates were exported, and click Open.
You can rename an existing Access Template with the Rename setting of the Active Roles Console.
To rename an Access Template
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In the Console tree, under Configuration > Access Templates, locate and select the folder that contains the Access Template you want to rename.
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In the details pane, right-click the Access Template, and click Rename.
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Type a new name, then press Enter.
NOTE: Consider the following when renaming an Access Template:
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Renaming an Access Template does not affect its links. This is because Access Templates are referenced by immutable identifier rather than by name.
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If an Access Template is applied within Active Roles to determine permission settings in the directory, renaming the Access Template does not cause any changes to the permission settings in the directory. When applying an Access Template, Active Roles refers to the Access Template by an internal identifier rather than by the name of the Access Template.
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Active Roles includes a suite of predefined Access Templates. The name of a predefined Access Template cannot be modified. If you need an Access Template with a different name to have the same permission entries as a predefined Access Template, create a copy of the predefined Access Template, and then make changes to the copy. Another option is to create an Access Template and nest the predefined Access Template into the newly- created Access Template. For more information, see Creating an Access Template, Copying an Access Template, and Managing nested Access Templates.
You can delete existing Access Templates in the Active Roles Console.
Prerequisites
To delete an Access Template, you must remove all existing references to it. To do so:
To delete an Access Template
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In the Console tree, under Configuration > Access Templates, locate and select the folder that contains the Access Template you want to delete.
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In the details pane, right-click the Access Template, then click Delete.
NOTE: Consider the following when deleting an Access Template:
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Once an Access Template is applied (linked) within Active Roles to determine permission settings in the directory, the Access Template cannot be deleted. You can view the links in which the Access Template participates by right-clicking the Access Template, and clicking Links. If you need to delete the Access Template, first remove all items from the Links list. For instructions, see Managing Access Template links.
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An Access Template cannot be deleted if it is nested into another Access Template. To view the Access Templates into which the selected Access Template is nested, on the Nesting tab, click Nested In. Then, double-click an item in the Nested In list to open a dialog where you can remove the Access Template from nesting. For instructions, see Managing nested Access Templates.
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Active Roles includes a suite of predefined Access Templates and a number of built-in Access Templates. Neither predefined Access Templates nor built-in Access Templates can be deleted. For more information on the built-in Access Template, see Active Roles Built-in Access Templates Reference Guide.
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