8 Users

Administrators can create and manage user records, for example, Oracle Identity Manager accounts, that your employee require.

Even if you allow users to self-register, you may still want to provide administrators with the ability to create accounts on behalf of other users. Not all users will be able to create accounts for other users.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Creating Users

• Managing Users

Creating Users

To create a user account:

1. In the left navigation pane, click Users, then click Create.

   The Create User page appears.

2. Enter the data required for user registration.

   Required fields are marked with an asterisk.

   WARNING:

   An exception is thrown if you attempt to reuse an existing user ID after setting the User ID Reuse property to true in Design Console. To resolve this issue, drop the unique index for the USR_LOGIN column in the USR table and create a non-unique index. Refer to the Oracle Identity Manager Design Console Guide for more information on the User ID Reuse property.

3. In the Organization field, click the magnifying glass icon to display the Organization lookup dialog.

4. Select an organization from the list and click Select.

5. Click Create User.

   Oracle Identity Manager creates the user account and display the User Details page with the user's account information.

   If you select any of the options in the additional details box, you will see limited information since you have just created the user. When viewing the details of each search criteria, you can add or assign the user with the desired resource.

In the User Detail page, you can select the following:

• Edit: Change the user profile

• Disable: Disable the user from being provisioned

• Unlock: Unlock the user account if they are locked out due to exceeding a login re-try limit

• Delete: Delete the user account

• Change Password: Change the current password

Editing the User Profile

To edit a user profile:

1. In the left navigation pane, click Users, then click Manage.

   The Manage User page appears.

2. In the Manage User page, select one or more attributes from the menus, and enter search criteria, including an asterisk (*) if you need a wild card, in the text box next to the menu.

   To use the Employee Type and Status search criteria, select values from the corresponding boxes.

3. Click Search User.

   A list of users appears.

4. Click the field for the user whose information you want to edit.

   The User Detail page appears.

5. Click Edit.

6. Edit the data for the user and click Save, or click Cancel Edit.

Disabling the User

Disabling a user prevents them from being provisioned. Depending on your role or status, the Edit User page allows the disable button to toggle between Disable and Enable.

To disable a user profile:

1. In the left navigation pane, click Users, then click Manage.

   The Manage User page appears.

2. In the Manage User page, select one or more attributes from the menus, and enter search criteria, including an asterisk (*) if you need a wild card, in the text box next to the menu.

   To use the Employee Type and Status search criteria, select values from the corresponding boxes.

3. Click Search User.

   A list of users appears.

4. Click the checkbox for the user whose information you want to disable, then click Disable.

Changing the User's Password

You can reset user passwords.

To change a password:

1. Click Change Password.

   The Change Password page appears.

2. Enter a new password and confirm.

3. Click Save Password, or click Cancel.

Managing Users

You enable, disable, provision resources to, and unlock user accounts. A user account must be disabled to be eligible for enabling. Only locked accounts can be unlocked. An account becomes locked if a user has exceeded the maximum number of login retry attempts. After a configured number of retries, the user is locked out.

The following procedure describes how to manage a user account.

To edit a user's Oracle Identity Manager record:

1. In the left navigation pane, click Users, then click Manage.

   The Manage User page appears.

2. Enter information related to the user in the fields.

   Use one or more menus to deselect search attributes. After making a selection, enter text to be matched in the next field or use a wildcard asterisk (*). The more information you provide, the more precise the list of user records retrieved will be. To use the Employee Type and Status search criteria, select values from the corresponding boxes.

3. Click Search User.

   Oracle Identity Manager displays the list of users who match the criteria you entered.

4. To disable, enable, unlock or delete an account, select the appropriate checkbox and button.

   For example, to disable the user accounts, select the Disable check box in the applicable rows and click Disable.

5. To edit a user's account, click the user ID for that account.

   Oracle Identity Manager displays the user's profile.

6. To edit, disable, enable, unlock, delete, or change the password of an account, click the appropriate button.

   Use the pull-down menu to view additional details about the user.

   • Click the Resource Profile option to view resources that are provisioned for the user.

     You can also provision resources in this page by clicking the Provision New Resource button.

   • Click the Group Membership option in the menu to view the Group Membership page, which lists any group membership that the user is associated with.

     You can also use the Group Membership page to assign users to groups.

   • Click the Proxy Details option in the menu to view the Proxy Details page, which lists any proxy user that the user is associated with.

     You can also use the Proxy Details page to assign a proxy.