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14.1 Managing Users with the Provisioning Console

This section describes how to manage users with the Provisioning Console. It contains these topics:


Note:

User administration that is not specifically related to provisioning, such as user deletion, is handled by the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console. For more information, see the Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

14.1.1 Searching for Users Based on Provisioning Criteria

To search for users based on provisioning criteria:

  1. Select the Directory tab, then select Users. From the Users page, click Provisioning Search. The Provisioning Search window appears.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  2. Select one of the following options to determine how you want to search for users:

    • Show users that match all conditions

    • Show users that match any condition

  3. Select one of the following conditions from the first box to the right of each application that you want to search for a user's provisioning status:

    • is (default)

    • is not

    • is present

    • is not present

  4. Select one of the following provisioning statuses from the second box to the right of each application that you want to search.

    • Pending

    • Not Requested

    • Successful

    • Failed

    • In Progress

    • Pending de-provisioning

    • Successfully de-provisioned

    • Failed de-provisioning

    • De-provisioning In Progress

    • Pending Upgrade

    • Upgrade in Progress

    • Upgrade Failed

  5. To add additional search attributes, select an attribute name from the Add Another box, then click Add.

  6. Choose Go to display the entries that match the criteria you entered.

14.1.2 Creating Users with the Provisioning Console

To create a user with the Provisioning Console:

  1. In the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console, select the Directory tab, then select Users. The Search for Users window appears.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  2. Select Create to display the General Provisioning window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  3. In the General Provisioning window, enter the appropriate information. To reset the password for an existing user entry, enter a new value in the Password field.


    Caution:

    The User ID field cannot contain spaces or any of the following characters: & ' % ? \ / + = ( ) * ^ , ; | ' ~

  4. Choose Next to display the Application Provisioning window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  5. In the Application Provisioning window, select the applications for which you want to provision the user entry. The available applications listed in this window will vary according to your environment. The default provisioning policy determines which applications are provisioned by default whenever a new user is created. Depending on the default policy, you may be able to override the policy for one or more applications. If policy override is not available, the Provision or Do Not Provision columns (depending on the default) will be grayed out.

    To change the default provisioning policy for an application, follow the instructions in "Managing Applications with the Provisioning Console" .


    Note:

    In Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2), only components that are part of Oracle Collaboration Suite can be provisioned with the Provisioning Console.

  6. Choose Next to display the Application Attributes window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  7. In the Application Attributes window, enter attribute values for the applications you selected to provision for the user entry. Depending on how your applications are configured, default values may be entered for some of the attributes.

  8. Choose Next to display the Provisioning Review window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  9. After reviewing the provisioning options for the user entry, choose Finish.

14.1.3 Provisioning and De-Provisioning Users with the Provisioning Console

To provision or de-provision a user with the Provisioning Console:

  1. In the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console, select the Directory tab, then select Users. The Search for Users window appears.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  2. In the Search for User field, enter the first few characters of the user's first name, last name, e-mail address, or user ID. For example, if you are searching for Anne Smith, you could enter Ann or Smi. To generate a list of all users in the directory, leave this field blank.

  3. Choose Go to display the search results.

  4. Select the user you want to provision or de-provision, then choose Edit to display the General Provisioning window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.


    Note:

    If you do not have sufficient privileges to edit a user entry, then the Edit button does not appear.

  5. In the General Provisioning window, enter the appropriate information. To reset the password for an existing user entry, enter a new value in the Password field.


    Caution:

    The User ID field cannot contain spaces or any of the following characters: & ' % ? \ / + = ( ) * ^ , ; | ' ~

  6. Choose Next to display the Application Provisioning window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  7. In the Application Provisioning window, select the applications for which you want to provision or de-provision the user entry. The available applications listed in this window will vary according to your environment. The default provisioning policy determines which applications are provisioned by default whenever a new user is created. Depending on how your applications are configured, you may be able to override the policy for one or more applications. If policy override is not available, the Provision or Do Not Provision columns (depending on the default) will be grayed out.

    To change the default provisioning policy for an application, follow the instructions in "Managing Applications with the Provisioning Console" .


    Note:

    In Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2), only components that are part of Oracle Collaboration Suite can be provisioned with the Provisioning Console.

  8. Choose Next to display the Application Attributes window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  9. In the Application Attributes window, enter attribute values for the applications you selected to provision for the user entry. Depending on your environment, default values may be entered for some of the attributes

  10. Choose Next to display the Provisioning Review window.

    This window is described in Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.

  11. After reviewing the provisioning options for the user entry, choose Finish.