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Identity Manager 8.2 - Administration Guide for Connecting to a Universal Cloud Interface

Managing Universal Cloud Interface environments Synchronizing a cloud application in the Universal Cloud Interface Provisioning object changes Managing cloud user accounts and employees Managing memberships in cloud groups Login information for cloud user accounts Mapping cloud objects in One Identity Manager
Cloud target systems Container structures Cloud user accounts Cloud groups Cloud system entitlements Cloud permissions controls Reports about objects in cloud target systems
Handling cloud objects in the Web Portal Basic data for managing a Universal Cloud Interface environment Configuration parameters for managing cloud target systems Default project template for cloud applications in the Universal Cloud Interface

Container structures

The container structure represents the structure elements of a cloud target system. Containers are represented by a hierarchical tree structure.

To edit or create a container

  1. In the Manager, select the Cloud Target Systems > <target system> > Container structure category.

  2. Select the container in the result list and run the Change main data task.

    - OR -

    Click in the result list.

  3. Edit the container's main data.

  4. Save the changes.

Enter the following main data of a container.

Table 29: Main data for a container
Property Description

Name

Container name.

Distinguished name

Container's distinguished name.

Parent container

Parent container for mapping a hierarchical container structure.

Cloud target system

The container's cloud target system.

Description

Text field for additional explanation.

Account manager

Manager responsible for the container.

To specify an account manager

  1. Click next to the field.
  2. In the Table menu, select the table that maps the account manager.
  3. In the Account manager menu, select the manager.
  4. Click OK.

Target system managers

Application role in which target system managers are specified for the container. Target system managers only edit container objects that are assigned to them. Each container can have a different target system manager assigned to it.

Select the One Identity Manager application role whose members are responsible for administration of this container. Use the button to add a new application role.

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Cloud user accounts

You manage cloud application user accounts with One Identity Manager. User accounts obtain the permissions required to access cloud resources through membership in groups and permissions controls.

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Creating and editing cloud user accounts

A user account can be linked to an employee in One Identity Manager. You can also manage user accounts separately from employees.

NOTE: It is recommended to use account definitions to set up user accounts for company employees. In this case, some of the main data described in the following is mapped through templates from employee main data.

NOTE: If employees are to obtain their user accounts through account definitions, the employees must own a central user account and obtain their IT operating data through assignment to a primary department, a primary location, or a primary cost center.

To create a user account

  1. In the Manager, select the Cloud Target Systems > target system > User accounts category.

  2. Click in the result list.

  3. On the main data form, edit the main data of the user account.

  4. Save the changes.

To edit main data of a user account

  1. In the Manager, select the Cloud Target Systems > target system > User accounts category.

  2. Select the user account in the result list.

  3. Select the Change main data task.

  4. Edit the user account's resource data.

  5. Save the changes.

To manually assign a user account for an employee

  1. In the Manager, select the Employees > Employees category.

  2. Select the employee in the result list.

  3. Select the Assign cloud user accounts task.

  4. Assign a user account.

  5. Save the changes.
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General main data for cloud user accounts

Enter the following data on the General tab.

Table 30: User account properties
Property Description

Employee

 Employee that uses this user account. An employee is already entered if the user account was generated by an account definition. If you create the user account manually, you can select an employee in the menu. If you are using automatic employee assignment, an associated employee is found and added to the user account when you save the user account.

You can create a new employee for a user account with an identity of type Organizational identity, Personalized administrator identity, Sponsored identity, Shared identity, or Service identity. To do this, click next to the input field and enter the required employee main data. Which login data is required depends on the selected identity type.

Target system

The user account's cloud target system.

Account definition

Account definition through which the user account was created.

Use the account definition to automatically fill user account main data and to specify a manage level for the user account. One Identity Manager finds the IT operating data of the assigned employee and enters it in the corresponding fields in the user account.

NOTE: The account definition cannot be changed once the user account has been saved.

NOTE: Use the user account's Remove account definition task to reset the user account to Linked status. This removes the account definition from both the user account and the employee. The user account remains but is not managed by the account definition anymore. The task only removes account definitions that are directly assigned (XOrigin=1).

Manage level

 Manage level of the user account. Select a manage level from the menu. You can only specify the manage level can if you have also entered an account definition. All manage levels of the selected account definition are available in the menu.

Form of address

Employee's form of address.

First name

The user’s first name. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level.

Last name

The user’s last name. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level.

Full name

Full name of the user account.

Initials

 The user’s initials. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level.

Job description

 The user's job description. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level.

Nickname

Additional information about the user account.

Surname prefix

A prefix to the user's surname, for example von or de.

Display name

User account display name.

Alias

Alias for further identification of the user account.

Name

User account identifier.

Container

Container in which to create the user account. If you have assigned an account definition, the container is determined from the company IT data for the assigned employee depending on the manage level of the user account.

First primary group

User account's primary group.

Second primary group

Additional primary group for the user account. If there group with different groups types in the target system, you can assign another primary group here.

Email address

User account's email address.

Email encoding

Type of email encoding.

Account expiry date

The date from which the user account can no longer be used to log in.

If a leaving date is specified for an employee, this date is used as the account expiration date depending on the manage level. Any existing account expiry date is overwritten in this case.

NOTE: If the employee's leaving date is deleted at a later point in time, the user account expiration date remains intact!

Resource type

Type of the resource, for example, user.

Risk index (calculated)

Maximum risk index value of all assigned groups. The property is only visible if the QER | CalculateRiskIndex configuration parameter is set. For detailed information, see the One Identity Manager Risk Assessment Administration Guide.

Category

 Categories for the inheritance of groups by the user account. Groups can be selectively inherited by user accounts. To do this, groups and user accounts or contacts are divided into categories. Select one or more categories from the menu.

Description

Text field for additional explanation.

Login name

Name the user uses to log onto the target system. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level.

Identity

User account's identity type Permitted values are:

  • Primary identity: Employee's default user account.

  • Organizational identity: Secondary user account used for different roles in the organization, for example for subcontracts with other functional areas.

  • Personalized administrator identity: User account with administrative permissions, used by one employee.

  • Sponsored identity: User account to use for a specific purpose. Training, for example.

  • Shared identity: User account with administrative permissions, used by several employees. Assign all employees that use this user account.

  • Service identity: Service account.

Privileged user account.

Specifies whether this is a privileged user account.

Groups can be inherited

Specifies whether the user account can inherit groups through the linked employee. If the option is set, the user account inherits groups through hierarchical roles, in which the employee is a member, or through IT Shop requests.

  • If you add an employee with a user account to a department, for example, and you have assigned groups to this department, the user account inherits these groups.

  • If an employee has requested group membership in the IT Shop and the request is granted approval, the employee's user account only inherits the group if the option is set.

User account is disabled

Specifies whether the user account is locked. If a user account is not required for a period of time, you can temporarily disable the user account by using the <User account is deactivated> option.

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