9 Organizations

The Organization option provides System Administrators with the tools necessary to create and manage information pertaining to your company's organization. This section describes how you can create and manage organizations in Oracle Identity Manager in the following sections:

• Creating Organizations

• Managing Organizations

• Managing Organization Details

Creating Organizations

1. Click Create under Organizations.

2. Oracle Identity Manager will display the Create Organization page.

3. Enter the data required for the organization (as indicated by the fields marked with an asterisk).

   In the Type field, use the pull-down menu to select the type of organization you want. It provides the following types:

   • Company (default)

   • Department

   • Branch

     In the Parent Name field, you can click the magnifying glass icon to display the Lookup Organization pop-up.

     Select the desired organization name. Click Select. The organization name is entered into the Create Organization page. Click Create Organization. The Organization Detail page appears. The Organization Detail page is described in Managing Organization Details.

Managing Organizations

Use the Manage option to manage existing organizations. This page lets you enable, disable, and delete the organization. This is described in the following sections:

• Searching for and Viewing Organizations

• Enabling an Organization

• Disabling an Organization

• Deleting an Organization

Important: You can disable an organization only if the Organization Delete/Disable Action parameter of the System Configuration form is set to True. The System Configuration form is menu option in the Oracle Identity Manager Design Console.

Searching for and Viewing Organizations

To use search for and view existing Organizations in Oracle Identity Manager:

1. Click Organization in the Explorer Menu. Then click Manage. The Manage Organization page appears.

2. Use the drop-down menu to select a search criteria for querying on an organization. The search criteria are:

   • Organization Name - This is the name of the organization.

   • Organization Type - The classification type of the organization (for example, Company, Department, Branch)

   • Organization Status - This is the current status of the organization (Active, Disabled, or Deleted).

   • Organization Parent Name - The organization of which this organization is a member. If an organization appears in the Results table, it will be in the Organization Name field, which is a sub-organization of the parent organization.

     Then enter the appropriate value that corresponds with the search criteria. Otherwise, use the asterisk (*) wildcard to query for all the organizations. The search Results table appears. This page lets you Disable and Delete an organization.

Enabling an Organization

To enable an organization:

1. Select the Enable check box. Click Enable. The Confirm Enable page appears.

2. Click Confirm Enable to complete enabling this organization. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Disabling an Organization

1. To disable an organization, select the Disable check box. Click Disable. The Confirm Disable page appears.

2. Click Confirm Disable to complete disabling this organization. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Deleting an Organization

1. To delete an organization, select the Delete check box. Click Delete. The Confirm Delete page appears.

2. Click Confirm Delete to complete disabling this organization. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Managing Organization Details

1. Create a new organization as described in Creating Organizations

   OR

   1. Search for an organization as described in Managing Organizations

   2. Click an organization name in the Results table. The Organization Detail page appears.

2. The Organization Detail page appears. In the View Additional Detail about the Organization pull-down menu, you can view the information associated with this organization based on:

   • Resource Profile

   • Users

   • Sub-Organizations

   • Administrative Groups

   • Permitted Resources

   In the Organization Detail page, you can:

   • Edit - make changes to the organization profile

   • Disable - disable the organization from being provisioned

   • Delete - delete the organization

3. If you select to view information based on Resource Profile for this organization, then the Organization Information >>Resource Profile page appears. In the Resource Profile page, you can:

   • Enable - enable a resource associated with an organization

   • Disable - disable a resource associated with an organization

   • Revoke - revoke a resource associated with an organization

   • Provision New Resource - provision a new resource associated with an organization

4. If you select to view information based on Users for this organization, then the Organization Information >>Users page appears. In the Users page, you can:

   • Enable - enable a user associated with an organization

   • Disable - disable a user associated with an organization

   • Unlock - unlock a user associated with an organization

   • Delete - delete a user associated with an organization

   • Move - move a user to a different organization

5. If you select to view information based on Sub-Organization for this organization, then the Organization Information >>Sub-Organization page appears. In the Sub-Organization page, you can move sub-organizations to a different organization.

6. If you select to view information based on Administrators for this organization, then the Organization Information >> Administrative Groups page appears. In the Administrative Groups page, you can

   • Assign a new administrator

   • Create New Group

   • Update Permissions

   • Remove groups

7. If you select to view information based on Permitted Resources for this organization, then the Organization Information >> Permitted Resources page appears. In the Permitted Resources page, you can assign and updated permitted resources that are associated with an organization.