Basic data for employee main data
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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Creating and editing business partners for external employees
To manage external employees you require information about the business partner. Enter data for the external company.
To create or edit a business partner
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In the Manager, select the Employees > Basic configuration data > Business partners category.
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In the result list, select a company and run the Change main data task.
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Click in the result list.
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Edit the business partner's main data.
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Save the changes.
Enter the following data for a company.
Table 26: General main data of 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 27: 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 button to display the web page in the default web browser. |
Mail templates for notifications about employees
One Identity Manager supplies mail templates by default. These mail templates are available in English and German. If you require the mail body in other languages, you can add mail definitions for these languages to the default mail template.
To edit a default mail template
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Creating and editing mail definitions for employees
For more information about creating and editing mail template, see the One Identity Manager Operational Guide.
Mail texts can be defined in these different languages in a mail template. This ensures that the language of the recipient is taken into account when the email is generated.
To create a new mail definition
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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 main data task.
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In the result list, select the language for the mail definition in the Language menu.
All active languages are shown. To use another language, in the Designer, enable the corresponding countries. For more information, see the One Identity Manager Configuration Guide.
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Enter the subject in Subject.
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Edit the mail text in the Mail definition view with the help of the Mail Text Editor.
- Save the changes.
To edit an existing mail definition
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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 main data task.
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In the Mail definition menu, select the language for the mail definition.
NOTE: If the Common | MailNotification | DefaultCulture configuration parameter is set, the mail definition is loaded in the default language for email notifications when the template is opened.
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Edit the mail subject line and the body text.
- Save the changes.
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