5 My Resources

The My Resource option enables you to make a request for resources for yourself and others. This chapter describes how to work with resources in the following sections:

Viewing Your Resources
Viewing Your Resource Requests
Requesting New Resources

Viewing Your Resources

To view the resources that have been provisioned to you, click My Resources in the Explorer Menu. Then, click My Resources. The My Resources page appears.

This page shows all provisioned resources associated with this user. The resource information is displayed in the information table. It shows:

Field	Description
Resource Name	This is the name of the actual resource being provisioned.
Date Provisioned	This is the date when the resource was provisioned.
Status	This is the status (state) of the resource.

This page also enables you to request a new resource for yourself. Click Request New Resources and the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 1: Provision Resources page is displayed.
Select the resources you wish to request by checking the Resource Name check box then clicking Add to add them in the Selected list. Click Remove to delete the resource from the Selected list. Otherwise, click Continue. If a resource you are requesting has a resource form associated with it, then the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 2: Provide Resource Data page appears. Otherwise, the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 3: Verify Information page appears.
If the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 2: Provide Resource Data page appears, enter the required data for the requested resource and click Continue. The Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 3: Verify Information page is displayed.
On the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 3: Verify Information page, enter data into the fields, which are described in the following tables.

Field Description

User ID This is the login identification or user name.

First Name This is the first name of the user.

Last Name This is the last name of the user.

The Resources Selected table displays the following information:

Field Description

Resource Name This is the name of the resource you are requesting/provisioning.

Details This is any additional detailed information about the resource.
You can add a comment if desired. By clicking on the add a comment link, the Add Request Comment page appears.
After entering your comment in the Comment field, click Add Comment to insert your comment with your resource request. Otherwise, you can click Clear to erase the text in the Comment field or Close to dismiss this page.

After adding a comment, this page now displays the added comment.
You can still modify the information for this resource request by either clicking on the Change link to change the resource or add another comment by clicking on the Add link. These links will jump to the corresponding page where the initial information was entered, respectively.

Field	Description
User ID	This is the login identification or user name.
First Name	This is the first name of the user.
Last Name	This is the last name of the user.

Field	Description
Resource Name	This is the name of the resource you are requesting/provisioning.
Details	This is any additional detailed information about the resource.

Once the information has been verified, click Submit Now to make the request active. The Request Submitted page appears. Otherwise, click Schedule for Later to activate at a later time.

This page shows the following information:

Field	Description
Status	This is the status (state) of the request.
Requester	This is the name of the person who made the request.
Action	This is the action taken for this request.
Date	This is when the request was executed.

If you wish to activate this request at a later time, then click Schedule for Later.

If you click Scheduled for Later, then the request will be created, the approval process will be initiated, and approvers can approve the approval tasks and complete the approval process. However, the provisioning process will not be initiated until the scheduled date. In other words, the actual resource will not be provisioned until the defined scheduled date.The Schedule for Later page appears.
Use the calendar icon to define a date to activate your request, and then click Submit.

Viewing Your Resource Requests

You can view all request for resources that you have made for yourself as well as those made by other users for you.

To view all your request for resources, click My Resources in the Explorer Menu. Then click My Request. The My Request page appears.

This page defaults to the Raised by me option. You can search on the request by using the search syntax for a specific target. Use the drop-down menu to select one of the following sorting criteria:

Request ID (default)
Request Type

Then enter a value to match this search criteria.

The Results table displays the following information:

Field	Description
Request ID	This is the identification number of the request.
Request Type	This is the type of the request.
Requester	This is the name of the person who made the request Note: The Requester information is not displayed when the Raised By Me option is selected since the requester is the user, (same person).
Request Preview	This is the summary of the user and the associated resource for this request

If you wish to view the list of request made by another user (proxy user) for you, select the Raised for me option. The My Request page appears.

This page is similar to the Raised by me page in that the information table are the same, but the exception that it displays resources that were raised on your behalf.

When you select the Raised for me option, you are the beneficiary (entitling one to receive) of the request. Therefore, by making a provisioning request as the administrator, your goal is to add resources to users or organizations. So, a user who is entitled to be provisioned with the resource, will see the request when they log in.

When you select the Raised by me option, you are the requester. Therefore, no Requester column will be displayed for this option. You will see all your requests under this option.

Requesting New Resources

To make a new request for resources use the Request New Resources option. Click My Resources in the Explorer Menu. Then, click Request New Resources. The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) page appears.

Select the resources you wish to request by checking the Resource Name check box then clicking the Add button to add them in the Selected list. Use the Remove button to delete the resource from the Selected list. Click Continue.
The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) – Step 2: Provide Resource Data page appears.

Note:
If the resource you are requesting does not have a form (a dialog for additional information) then Step 2 will be skipped.

This page displays the resource object for the target user. Click Continue to provide additional information about the resource object you wish to provision. Otherwise, click Back or Exit.
The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) – Step 2: Provide Resource Data page appears for supplying additional information for this resource object.

Enter the additional information in the field. Click Continue. Otherwise click Back or Exit.
The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) – Step 3: Verify Information page appears.

The Users Selected table displays the following information:

Field Description

User ID This is the log in identification or user name.

First Name This is the first name of the user.

Last Name This is the last name of the user.

The Resources Selected table displays the following information:

Field Description

Resource Name This is the name of the resource you are requesting/provisioning.

Details This is any additional detailed information about the resource.
You can add a comment if desired. By clicking on the add a comment link, the Add Request Comment page appears.
After entering your comment in the Comment field, click Add Comment to insert your comment with your resource request. Otherwise, you can click Clear to erase the text in the Comment field or Close to dismiss this page.

After adding a comment, this page now displays the added comment.
You can still modify the information for this resource request by either clicking on the Change link to change the resource or add another comment by clicking on the Add link. These links will jump to the corresponding page where the initial information was entered, respectively.

Field	Description
User ID	This is the log in identification or user name.
First Name	This is the first name of the user.
Last Name	This is the last name of the user.

Field	Description
Resource Name	This is the name of the resource you are requesting/provisioning.
Details	This is any additional detailed information about the resource.

Once the information has been verified, click Submit Now to make the request active. If you click Submit Now, the Request Submitted page appears.

This page shows the following information:

Field	Description
Status	This is the status (state) of the request.
Requester	This is the name of the person who made the request.
Action	This is the action taken for this request.
Date	This is when the request was executed.

If you wish to activate this request at a later time, then click Schedule for Later to define a date when the request becomes active. The Schedule for Later page appears.

Use the calendar icon to define a date to activate your request, and then click Submit.