Copying/splitting business roles
You can copy or move memberships and entitlements from business roles you are responsible for to new objects (departments, business roles, cost centers, locations).
To copy a business role or move memberships and entitlements
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In the menu bar click Data administration > Data Explorer.
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In the Data Explorer navigation, click Business roles.
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On the Business Roles page, click the business role you want to copy or whose memberships and entitlements you want to move.
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In the Edit Business Role pane, click (Actions) > Split.
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In the Split pane, in the Type of new object menu, select which type to give the new object.
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Depending on the object type you have selected, enter the basic main data of the new object in the corresponding fields.
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Click Next.
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In the Select assignments to be copied or moved to the new object step, perform the following actions:
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To neither copy nor move an entitlement or a membership to a new object, in the menu next to the corresponding entitlement/membership, select Keep and do not copy or move to new object. The entitlement/membership is later only available in the source object.
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To copy or move an entitlement or a membership to a new object, in the menu next to the corresponding entitlement/membership, select Keep and copy new object. The entitlement/membership is included later in the source object as well as the target object.
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To move an entitlement or a membership to a new object, in the menu next to the corresponding entitlement/membership, select Move to new object. The entitlement/membership is later removed from the source object and only included in the target object.
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Click Next.
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(Optional) In the Verify actions step, verify the actions to run and deselect the check box in front of any actions that should not be run.
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Click Next.
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Comparing and merging business roles
You can compare properties of business roles with the properties of other business roles, departments, cost centers, or locations that you are also responsible for. Then you can take the properties that you want and merge them together.
To compare and merge a business role
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In the menu bar click Data administration > Data Explorer.
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In the Data Explorer navigation, click Business roles.
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On the Business roles page, click the business role that you want to compare and merge.
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In the Edit Business Role pane, click (Actions) > Compare and merge.
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In the Compare and Merge pane, in the Comparison object field, click Select.
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In the Edit Property pane, in the Selected table menu, select whether you want to compare and merge the business role with a business role, department, cost center, or location.
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Click the relevant business role, department, cost center, or location.
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Click Continue.
The assigned memberships and entitlements of both objects are listed with the following information in the View comparison result step.
Table 74: Overview of the assignments
Assigned object |
Shows you the name of the assigned entitlement/membership that occurs in one of the selected objects being compared. |
This object |
Shows you the assignment type of the entitlement/membership in the source or comparison object. The following assignment types are available.
- Direct
- Inherited
- Requested
- Dynamic
- Not assigned
For more detailed information about assigning company resources, see the One Identity Manager Identity Management Base Module Administration Guide. |
Comparison object |
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Click Continue.
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(Optional) In the Verify actions step, verify the actions to run and deselect the check box in front of any actions that should not be run.
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Click Merge.
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Restoring business roles to their previous state
You can compare the current state of a business role to its state at another time and completely or partially restore the historical state.
To restore a business role to a previous state
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In the menu bar click Data administration > Data Explorer.
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In the Data Explorer navigation, click Business roles.
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On the Business Roles page, click the business role you want to roll back.
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In the Edit Business Role pane, click (Actions) > Reset to previous state.
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In the Reset to Previous State pane, specify a date in the date field.
This displays all changes that have taken place since the given date.
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Select the check box next to the property that you want to restore to its previous state.
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Click Next.
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(Optional) In the Verify actions step, verify the actions to run and deselect the check box in front of any actions that should not be run.
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Click Next.
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Managing business role memberships
As soon as a business role is assigned to an identity, the identity becomes a member in the business role.
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