The following basic data is required for managing employees.
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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.
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Business Partners
When external employees are entered into the system, a company must be named.
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Mail templates
The login data for new user accounts in a target system can be sent to a specified person by email. In this case, two messages are sent with the user name and the initial password. Mail templates are used to generate the messages.
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Password policy
An employee's central password is formed from the target system specific user accounts by respective configuration. The Employee central password policy defines the settings for the (Person.CentralPassword) central password.
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To manage external employees you require information about the business partner. Enter data for the external company.
To edit the data of a business partner
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In the Manager, select the Employees | Basic configuration data | Business partners category.
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Select a company in the result list. Select the Change master data task.
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Click in the result list.
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Edit the business partner's master data.
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Save the changes.
Enter the following data for a company.
Table 27: General master data for a company
Company |
Short description of the company for the views in One Identity Manager tools. |
Name |
Full company name. |
Surname prefix |
Additional company name. |
Short name |
Company's short name. |
Contact |
Contact person for the company. |
Partner |
Specifies whether this is a partner company. |
Customer number |
Customer number at the partner company. |
Supplier |
Specifies whether this is a supplier. |
Customer number |
Customers number at supplier. |
Leasing partner |
Specifies whether this is a leasing provider or rental firm. |
Manufacturer |
Specifies whether this is a manufacturer. |
Remarks |
Text field for additional explanation. |
Table 28: Company address
Street |
Street or road. |
Building |
Building |
Zip code |
Zip code. |
City |
City. |
State |
State. |
Country |
Country. |
Phone |
Company's telephone number. |
Fax |
Company's fax number. |
Email address |
Company's email address. |
Website |
Company's website.
Click the Browse button to display the web page in the default web browser. |
A mail template consists of general master data such as target format, importance, or mail notification confidentiality, and one or more mail definitions. Mail text is defined in several languages in the mail template. This ensures that the language of the recipient is taken into account when the email is generated.
In One Identity Manager, there is a Mail Template Editor to simplify writing notifications. You can use the Mail Template Editor to create and edit mail texts in WYSIWYG mode.
To edit mail templates
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In the Manager, select the Employees | Basic configuration data | Mail templates category.
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Select a mail template in the result list and run the Change master data task.
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Click in the result list.
This opens the mail template editor.
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Edit the mail template.
- Save the changes.
To copy a mail template
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In the Manager, select the Employees | Basic configuration data | Mail templates category.
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Select the mail template that you want to copy in the result list and run the Change master data task.
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Select the Copy mail template task.
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Enter the name of the new mail template in the Name of copy field.
- Click OK.
To display a mail template preview
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In the Manager, select the Employees | Basic configuration data | Mail templates category.
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Select a mail template in the result list and run the Change master data task.
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Select the Preview task.
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Select the base object.
- Click OK.
To delete a mail template
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In the Manager, select the Employees | Basic configuration data | Mail templates category.
- Select the template in the result list.
- Click in the result list.
- Confirm the security prompt with Yes.
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The following general properties are displayed for a mail template:
Table 29: Mail template properties
Mail template |
Name of the mail template. This name will be used to display the mail templates in the administration tools and in the Web Portal. Translate the given text using the button. |
Base object |
Mail template base object. A base object only needs to be entered if the mail definition properties of the base object are referenced. |
Report (parameter set) |
Report, made available through the mail template. |
Description |
Mail template description. Translate the given text using the button. |
Target format |
Format in which to generate email notification. Permitted values are:
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HTML: The email notification is formatted in HTML. Text formats, for example, different fonts, colored fonts, or other text formatting, can be included in HTML format.
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TXT: The email notification is formatted as text. Text format does not support bold, italics, or colored font, or other text formatting. Images displayed directly in the message are not supported. |
Design type |
Design in which to generate the email notification. Permitted values are:
- Mail template: The generated email notification contains the mail body in accordance with the mail definition.
- Report: The generated email notification contains the report specified under Report (parameter set) as its mail body.
- Mail template, report in attachment: The generated email notification contains the mail body in accordance with the mail definition. The report specified under Report (parameter set) is attached to the notification as a PDF file.
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Importance |
Importance for the email notification. Permitted values are Low, Normal, and High. |
Confidentiality |
Confidentiality for the email notification. Permitted values are Normal, Personal, Private, and Confidential. |
Can unsubscribe |
Specifies whether the recipient can unsubscribe email notification. If this option is set, the emails can be unsubscribed through the Web Portal. |
Deactivated |
Specifies whether this mail template is disabled. |
Mail definition |
Unique name for the mail definition. |
Language |
Language that applies to the mail template. The recipient's language preferences are taken into account when an email notification is generated. |
Subject |
Subject of the email message. |
Mail body |
Content of the email message. |