Managing my business roles
Business roles are defined based on resources to perform specific functions.
Business roles are objects for mapping company-specific functions in One Identity Manager. Business roles map company structures with similar functionality that exist in addition to departments, cost centers, and locations. This might be projects groups, for example.
You can carry out various actions on the system entitlements that you manage and obtain information about them.
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Displaying my business roles
You can display all the business roles for which you are responsible.
To display business roles
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In the menu bar, click Responsibilities > My Responsibilities.
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In the navigation, click Business roles.
This opens the Business Roles page and display all the business roles for which you are responsible.
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(Optional) To display details of a business role, click the business role.
Creating your own business roles
You can create new business roles for which you are responsible.
Other properties (such as, memberships, entitlements, and so on) can be defined later during editing.
To create a business role
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In the menu bar, click Responsibilities > My Responsibilities.
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In the navigation, click Business roles.
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On the Business Roles page, click Create business role.
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In the Create Business Role side panel, enter the main data of the new business role.
Table 45: Business role main data
Business role |
Enter a full, descriptive name for the business role. |
Short name |
Enter a short name for the business role. |
Internal name |
Enter a company internal name for the business role. |
Description |
Enter a description for the business role. |
Role class |
When you create the business role: Select the role class of the business role.
To differentiate between different business roles, define company specific role classes. Role classes are used to specify which company resource assignments are possible through roles in a role class. |
Parent business role |
Click Select/Change and select a business role to be the parent business role for organizing the business role hierarchically. If you want the business role at the root of a business role hierarchy, leave the field empty. |
Role type |
Select the role type of the business role.
Role types are mainly used to regulate approval policy inheritance. |
Role approver |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role can approve requests for members of the business role. |
Role approver (IT) |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role can approve requests for members of the business role. |
Manager |
Select the manager who is responsible for the business role. |
Deputy manager |
Select an identity to act as a deputy to the business role's manager. |
Additional managers |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role are responsible for the business role. |
Identities do not inherit |
Select this check box if you want to temporarily prevent identities from inheriting this business role. |
Comment |
Enter a comment for the business role. |
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Click Create.
Displaying and editing my business roles' main data
You can display and edit the main data of the business roles for which you are responsible.
To display and edit a business role's main data
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In the menu bar, click Responsibilities > My Responsibilities.
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In the navigation, click Business roles.
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On the Business Roles page, click the business role whose main data you want to display/edit.
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In the Edit Business Role side panel, edit the main data.
Table 46: Business role main data
Business role |
Enter a full, descriptive name for the business role. |
Short name |
Enter a short name for the business role. |
Internal name |
Enter a company internal name for the business role. |
Description |
Enter a description for the business role. |
Role class |
When you create the business role: Select the role class of the business role.
To differentiate between different business roles, define company specific role classes. Role classes are used to specify which company resource assignments are possible through roles in a role class. |
Parent business role |
Click Select/Change and select a business role to be the parent business role for organizing the business role hierarchically. If you want the business role at the root of a business role hierarchy, leave the field empty. |
Role type |
Select the role type of the business role.
Role types are mainly used to regulate approval policy inheritance. |
Role approver |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role can approve requests for members of the business role. |
Role approver (IT) |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role can approve requests for members of the business role. |
Manager |
Select the manager who is responsible for the business role. |
Deputy manager |
Select an identity to act as a deputy to the business role's manager. |
Additional managers |
Click Select/Change and select an application role. Members of the selected application role are responsible for the business role. |
Identities do not inherit |
Select this check box if you want to temporarily prevent identities from inheriting this business role. |
Comment |
Enter a comment for the business role. |
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Click Save.