A contact is a non-security principal. That means a contact cannot log into a domain. A contact, for example, represents a user outside the company and is mainly used for distribution and email purposes.
A contact is a non-security principal. That means a contact cannot log into a domain. A contact, for example, represents a user outside the company and is mainly used for distribution and email purposes.
A contact can be connected to an employee in One Identity Manager. You can also manage contacts separately from employees.
NOTE:
It is recommended to use account definitions to set up contacts for company employees. If an account definition is used to set up a contact, some of the master data described in the following is composed of the employee’s master data using templates. The amount of data, in this case, is based on the default manage level of the account definitions. The templates supplied should be customized as required.
If employees receive their contacts through account definitions, the employees must have a central user account and obtain their IT operating data through assignment to a primary department, primary location or a primary cost center.
To edit contact master data
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Click in the result list.
To manually assign or create a contact for an employee
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Select the New contact task and edit the master data.
Enter the following data on the General tab.
Property | Description |
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Employee |
Employee who uses the contact. An employee is already entered if the contact was generated by an account definition. If you are using automatic employee assignment, an associated employee is created when you save the contact and added to the contact. If you create the contact manually, you can select an employee in the menu. |
Account definition |
Account definition through which the contact was created. Use the account definition to automatically populate contact master data and to specify a manage level for the contact. One Identity Manager finds the IT operating data of the assigned employee and uses it to populate the corresponding fields in the contact. NOTE: The account definition cannot be changed once the contact has been saved. To create the contact manually through an account definition, enter an employee in the Employee field. You can select all the account definitions assigned to this employee and through which no contact has been created for this employee. |
Manage level |
Contact's manage level. 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. |
First name |
The contact’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 contact's last name. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level. |
Initials |
The contact’s initials. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level. |
Title |
Contact’s academic title. If you have assigned an account definition, the input field is automatically filled out with respect to the manage level. |
Display name |
The contact’s display name. The display name is made up of the contact’s first and last names. |
Structural object class |
Structural object class representing the object type. By default, set up contacts with "Contact" in One Identity Manager. |
Name |
The contact’s identifier. The identifier is made up of the contact’s first and last names. |
Distinguished name |
Contact's distinguished name. The distinguished name is formatted from the contact's identifier and the container and cannot be changed. |
Domain |
Domain in which to create the contact. |
Container |
Container in which to create the contact. 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. The distinguished name for the contact is determined by a template when the container is selected. |
Email address |
Contact's email address. If you assigned an account definition, the email address is made up of the employee’s default email address depending on the manage level of the user account. |
Risk index (calculated) |
Maximum risk index value of all assigned |
Category |
Category for the contact to inherit groups. Groups and be selectively inherited by contacts. To do this, the groups and contacts are divided into categories. Select one or more categories from the menu. |
Description |
Text field for additional explanation. |
Identity |
Contact's type of identity. |
Groups can be inherited |
Specifies whether the employee's groups are inherited. If this option is set, contacts inherit groups through hierarchical roles. If you add an employee with a contact to an apartment, for example, and you have assigned groups to this department, the contact inherits the groups. |
Enter the data used by this contact for contacting the employee by telephone on the Contact tab.
Property | Description |
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Phone |
Telephone number. |
Phone private |
Private telephone number. |
Fax |
Fax number. |
Mobile phone |
Mobile number. |
Pager |
Pager number. |
Website |
Website. |
IP telephone number |
IP telephone number. |
Comment |
Text field for additional explanation. |
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