The Active Roles Web Interface supports selecting multiple objects (such as users, groups and computers), and performing specific commands on the selected objects. This allows you to perform a batch operation on all the selected objects at a time instead of running the command on each object separately. The Web Interface supports the following batch operations:
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Delete: Allows you to delete multiple objects at a time.
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Deprovision: Allows you to deprovision multiple users or groups at a time.
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Move: Allows you to move a batch of objects to a different Organizational Unit or container.
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Add to groups: Allows you to add a batch of objects to one or more groups of your choice.
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Update object attributes: Allows you to perform bulk attributes operations for multiple users at a time.
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Reset Password: Allows you to reset the password for multiple users at a time.
Batch operations are available in the list of objects on the following Web Interface pages:
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Search: This page lists the search results when you perform a search.
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View Contents: This page displays the objects held in a given Organizational Unit, Managed Unit, or container.
To perform a batch operation, select the check box next to the name of each of the desired objects in the list, then click a command in the top area of the Command pane. This runs the command on each object within your selection.
NOTE: Active Roles administrators can customize Web Interface by adding and removing commands, and modifying pages associated with commands. For more information, see Customizing the Web Interface in the Active Roles Web Interface Configuration Guide.
Active Roles Web Interface enables you to perform bulk attributes operation for multiple users at a time.
To perform bulk attribute operation
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On the Navigation bar, click Directory Management.
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On the Views tab in the Browse pane, click the required container.
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From the list of objects displayed for the selected container, select the required users for which you need to perform bulk attributes operation.
The batch operations that can be performed on users are displayed in the Command pane.
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In the Command pane, click Update object attributes.
The Update object attributes window is displayed, which lists the user attributes that can be selected for bulk operation.
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From the Attribute List tab, select the required attribute on which you want to perform the bulk operation, and click the + symbol.
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On the Update object attributes dialog box that is displayed, in the New Value field, enter a value for the attribute, and click OK.
The selected attribute with the updated value is displayed in the Select attribute table.
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Repeat step 5 and step 6 to select and update more attributes, and then click Next.
The Preview tab > Operation Summary section displays the summary of the selected attributes with the new values to be updated after the bulk operation is performed. To export the details, click Export as CSV.
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Click Finish, to complete the bulk operation on the selected attributes for the multiple users.
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The bulk operation does not complete and an error is displayed if no attributes are selected or if no changes are made to the values of the attributes selected for the bulk operation.
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The bulk operation cannot be performed beyond 1500 users. However, you can configure the limit to increase the number of users. For more information on configuring the limit, see Not able to query or update groups with more than 1500 members.
Active Roles Web Interface enables you to reset the password for multiple users at a time.
To perform bulk users password reset operation
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On the Navigation bar, click Directory Management.
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On the Views tab in the Browse pane, click the required container.
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From the list of objects displayed for the selected container, select the required users for which you need to perform password reset operation.
The batch operations that can be performed on users are displayed in the Command pane.
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In the Command pane, click Reset Password.
The Reset Password window is displayed.
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On the General tab dialog box, click Generate to generate a new password for the selected users.
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Under Account options, select the check box corresponding to the required rule to be applied for change of password, and then click Save.
The password reset gets completed and the changes can be viewed on the selected user's Change History tab.
In the Web Interface, you can use search or filter queries to locate directory objects. To create a query, you specify a set of rules that determine the contents of the resulting list of objects. You can, for instance, specify that only user accounts held in a particular Organizational Unit must be listed. In addition, you can adjust the set of columns and the sort order in the list of search or filtering results.
The ability to locate the objects you target is crucial as you need to focus your attention on only those objects that apply to the task you are performing. However, creating a search or filter query that displays the objects you are interested in for a particular task can be time-consuming. Personal views provide a way for you to save that work. Once you have created a query that displays just the objects you need, you can provide the query with a name and save it to use later. That saved query is a personal view. Each view saves the following settings that you specify: the container to search or filter; the search or filtering criteria; the set of columns and the sort order in the list of search or filtering results.
