Exception approvers
Employees who can issue exception approvals for policy violations can be assigned to company policies. To do this, assign an application role for exception approvers to a company policy on the main data form.
A default application role for exception approvers is available in One Identity Manager. You may create other application roles as required. For detailed information about application roles, see the One Identity Manager Authorization and Authentication Guide.
Table 9: Default application role for exception approvers
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Exception approvers |
Exception approvers must be assigned to the Identity & Access Governance | Company policies | Exception approvers application role or a child application role.
Users with this application role:
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To edit exception approvers
- Select the Company Policies > Basic configuration data > Exception approvers category.
- Select the Change main data task.
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Select an application role in the result list. Select the Change main data task.
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Click 
in the result list.
- Edit the application role's main data.
| Parent application role |
Assign the Identity & Access Governance | Company policies | Exception approvers application role or a child application role. |
- Save the changes.
- Select the Assign employees task, to add members to the application role.
- In the Add assignments pane, assign employees.
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In the Remove assignments pane, remove employees.
- Save the changes.
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Standard reasons for policy violations
For exception approvals, you can specify reasons in the Web Portal that explain the individual approval decisions. You can freely formulate this text. You also have the option to predefine reasons. The exception approvers can select a suitable text from these standard reasons in the Web Portal and store it with the policy violation.
To create or edit standard reasons
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In the Manager, select the Company Policies > Basic configuration data > Standard reasons category.
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Select a standard reason in the result list and run the Change main data task.
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Click in the result list.
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Edit the main data of a standard reason.
- Save the changes.
Enter the following properties for the standard reason.
Table 10: General main data of a standard reason
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Standard reason |
Reason text as displayed in the Web Portal. |
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Description |
Text field for additional explanation. |
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Automatic Approval |
Specifies whether the reason text is only used for automatic approvals by One Identity Manager for policy violations. This standard reason cannot be selected by exception approvals in the Web Portal.
Do not set the option if the you want to select the standard reason in the Web Portal. |
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Additional text required |
Specifies whether an additional reason should be entered in free text for the exception approval. |
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Usage type |
Usage type of standard reason. Assign one or more usage types to allow filtering of the standard reasons in the Web Portal. |
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Predefined standard reasons for policy violations
One Identity Manager provides predefined standard reasons. These are added to the policy violation by One Identity Manager during automatic approval. You can use the usage type to specify which standard reasons can be selected in the Web Portal.
To change the usage type
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In the Manager, select the Company Policies > Basic configuration data > Standard reasons > Predefined category.
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Select the standard reason whose usage type you want to change.
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Select the Change main data task.
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In the Usage type menu, set all the actions where you want to display the standard reason in the Web Portal.
Unset all the actions where you do not want to display the default reason.
- Save the changes.
Related topics
Defining company policies
Company policies include more properties in One Identity Manager apart from just technical descriptions, for example, risk assessment of a policy violation and accountability. Classification of company policies by compliance framework and structuring in policy groups is also possible.
