5 My Resources

You can view resources that have been provisioned to you, and you can request access to resources for yourself and others.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Viewing Your Resources

• Viewing Your Resource Requests

• Requesting New Resources

Viewing Your Resources

To view the resources that have been provisioned to you:

1. In the left navigation pane, click My Resources, then click My Resources.

   The My Resources page appears.

   This page displays a table that contains information about provisioned resources associated with this user. It shows:

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

   
   

2. To request a new resource for yourself, on this page click Request New Resources.

   The Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 1: Provide Resources page appears.

3. To select the resources you want to request, check the Resource Name check box, then click Add to add them to the Selected list.

   Click Remove to delete the resource from the Selected list.

   When you are done, 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.

4. 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 appears.

5. On the Create a Request to Provision Resource(s) - Step 3: Verify Information page, enter data as 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.

   
   

6. To add a comment, click the add a comment link.

   The Add Request Comment page appears.

7. After entering your comment in the Comment field, click Click here to add a comment to insert your comment in your resource request.

   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.

8. To modify this resource request, either click the Change link to change the resource or add another comment by clicking on the Add link.

   The appropriate page appears.

9. After verifying the information, 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.

   
   

10. To activate this request at a later time, then click Schedule for Later.

    If you click Scheduled for Later, the request is created, the approval process is initiated, and approvers can approve the approval tasks and complete the approval process. However, the provisioning process will not be initiated and the resource will not be provisioned until the scheduled date.The Schedule for Later page appears.

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

Viewing Your Resource Requests

You can view all resource requests that you have submitted for yourself and those made by other users for you.

To view all resource requests:

1. In the left navigation pane, click My Resources, then click My Request.

   The My Request page appears.

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

   • Request ID (default)

   • Request Type

   Enter a value to match the selected search criteria.

   The Results table displays the following information:

   Field	Description
   Request ID	The identification number of the request.
   Request Type	The type of the request.
   Request Preview	The summary of the user and the associated resource for this request.

   
   

2. To view the list of request made by another user (a proxy user) for you, select the Raised for me option.

   The My Request page appears.

   The table on this page is similar to the Raised by me page, but it displays resources that were raised on your behalf, including the name of the person who made the request.

   When you select the Raised for me option, you are the beneficiary of the request. By making a provisioning request as the administrator, your goal is to add resources to users or organizations. 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. No Requester column is displayed for this option. You will see all your requests under this option.

Requesting New Resources

The following procedure describes how to request provisioning of a new resource.

To make a new request for resources:

1. In the left navigation pane, click My Resources, then click Request New Resources.

   The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) page appears.

2. To select the resources you want to request, check the Resource Name check box, then click the Add button to add them to the Selected list.

   Use the Remove button to delete the resource from the Selected list.

3. Click Continue.

   The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) – Step 2: Provide Resource Data page appears. This page displays the resource object for the target user.

4. If the resource you are requesting does not have a form for providing information, you can skip this step.

   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. This page is for supplying additional information for this resource object.

5. Enter the additional information in the field, and click Continue, otherwise click Back or Exit.

   The Create a Request To Provision Resource(s) – Step 3: Verify Information page appears.

6. On this page, the Users Selected table on this page displays the following information:

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

   
   

   The Resources Selected table displays the following information:

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

   
   

7. To add a comment if desired, click the add a comment link.

   The Add Request Comment page appears.

8. After entering your comment in the Comment field, click Click here to add a 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.

9. To modify the information for this resource request, click the Change link to change the resource or click the Add link add another comment.

10. After verifying the information, click Submit Now to make the request active.

    The Request Submitted page appears.

    This page shows the following information:

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

    
    

11. To activate this request at a later time, click Schedule for Later.

    The Schedule for Later page appears.

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