5 Managing Your 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 Resources

• Viewing Resource Requests

• Requesting New Resources

5.1 Viewing 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 is displayed. This page displays a table that consists of information about provisioned resources associated with the user. The information includes the resource name, the date when the resource is provisioned, and the status of the resource.

2. To request a new resource for yourself, click Request New Resources. The Step 1: Provide Resources page of the Create a Request to Provision Resources wizard is displayed.

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

   You can click Remove to delete the resource from the Selected list.

   When you are finished, click Continue.

   If a resource you are requesting has a resource form associated with it, then the Step 2: Provide Resource Data page is displayed. Otherwise, the Step 3: Verify Information page is displayed.

4. If the Step 2: Provide Resource Data page is displayed, enter the required data for the requested resource, and click Continue. The Step 3: Verify Information page is displayed.

5. Enter data as described in the fields listed in the following tables.

   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 consists of the following fields:

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

   
   

6. To add a comment, click Add a comment. The Add Request Comment page is displayed.

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

   Click Clear to delete the text in the Comment field, or click Close to close this page without saving the data.

   After adding a comment, this page displays the added comment.

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

9. After verifying the information in the page that is displayed, click Submit Now to make the request active. The Request Submitted page is displayed.

   This Request Submitted page shows information in the fields listed in the following table:

   Field	Description
   Status	The status of the request
   Requester	The name of the person who made the request
   Action	The action taken for this request
   Date	The date when the request is executed

   
   

10. To activate this request at a later time, click Schedule for Later. The Schedule for Later page is displayed.

    If you click Schedule 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.

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

    Note:

    If you are using a non-English operating system for the client, then install the appropriate language pack so that all the components of the Calendar window are displayed correctly. For example, you must install the language pack for East Asian languages when you are using an English operating system and you want the button label to be displayed in Japanese.

5.2 Viewing 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 Requests. The My Requests page is displayed. In this page, the Raised by me option is selected by default. You can search for the request by using the search syntax for a specific target. Use the 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 information in the fields listed in the following table:

   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 requests made by another user (a proxy user) for you, select the Raised for me option. The My Requests page is displayed.

   The table on this page is similar to the table that is displayed when you select the Raised by me option, but it displays resources that are 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 allocate resources to users or organizations. Users entitled to be provisioned with the resources view the request when they log in.

   When you select the Raised by me option, you are the requester. The Requester column is not displayed for this option. You will see all your requests under this option.

5.3 Requesting New Resources

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

1. In the left navigation pane, click My Resources, then click Request New Resources. The Step 1: Provide resources page of the Create a Request To Provision Resources Wizard is displayed.

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

   Alternatively, you can click Remove to delete the resource from the Selected list.

3. Click Continue. The Step 2: Provide Resource Data page of the Create a Request To Provision Resources Wizard is displayed. This page displays the resource object for the user.

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

   Click Continue to provide additional information about the resource object. Alternatively, click Back or Exit.

   The Step 2: Provide Resource Data page of the Create a Request To Provision Resources wizard is displayed. This page provides additional information about this resource object.

5. Enter the required additional information in the field, and click Continue. Alternatively, click Back or Exit. The Step 3: Verify Information page of the Create a Request To Provision Resources wizard is displayed.

   In this page, the Users Selected table displays information in the fields listed in the following table:

   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 information in the fields listed in the following table:

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

   
   

6. To add a comment if required, click Add a comment. The Add Request Comment page is displayed.

7. After entering your comment in the Comment field, click Click here to add a comment to insert your comment with your resource request. Alternatively, you can click Clear to delete the text in the Comment field or click Close to close the page without saving the data.

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

9. After verifying the information, click Submit Now to make the request active. The Request Submitted page is displayed. This page shows information in the fields as listed in the following table.

   Field	Description
   Status	The status of the request
   Requester	The name of the person who made the request
   Action	The action taken for this request
   Date	The date when the request is executed

   
   

10. To activate this request at a later time, click Schedule for Later. The Schedule for Later page is displayed.

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