2 Self-Registration Using the Administrative and User Console

In Oracle Identity Manager, user accounts are created in two ways. As an administrator, you can create an account in the Administrative and User Console for a user. A user can also self-register in the Administrative and User Console to create an account.

This chapter describes how to create an account in Oracle Identity Manager, and how to log in and out of Oracle Identity Manager by using that account.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Creating Oracle Identity Manager Accounts

• Changing Passwords

• Tracking Self-Registration Requests

• Logging In to the Administrative and User Console

• Logging Out of the Administrative and User Console

2.1 Creating Oracle Identity Manager Accounts

In Oracle Identity Manager, a user ID cannot include the following characters:

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Depending on how the system is configured, users might want to contact their managers to have them create an account for the users.

Also, depending on how your system is configured, requests for self-registration may require approvals. If approvals are not required, your account is created and available for use as soon as Oracle Identity Manager has processed your self-registration request. If your system administrator has set Oracle Identity Manager to require approvals for self-registration requests, you can track the status of that request. When the required approvals are obtained, your account is ready for use.

Note:

If approval is required for your request, then record the request ID after submitting your request. You need the request ID to track the status of your request.

To create an account by self-registering:

1. Access your corporate portal link to the Administrative and User Console. The Oracle Identity Manager Welcome page is displayed.

2. Under the Self-Register menu item in the left navigation pane, click Create Request. The User Self-Registration page is displayed.

3. Enter the information required to create the user account.

   Required information is marked with an asterisk (*). Ensure that you select and specify answers to password challenge questions if your system requires them. Depending on how Oracle Identity Manager is configured, you might be required to specify answers to challenge questions to reset your password.

   Note:

   During self-registration, the password policy attached to the Default rule is applied. If no password policy is attached to the Default rule, then the password specified during self-registration would not be evaluated against any password policy. See "Adding a Password Policy Rule to a Resource Object" in Oracle Identity Manager Design Console Guide for more information.

4. Click Submit Request.

   Oracle Identity Manager informs you that the request has been submitted and displays the numeric ID of the request so that you can track it. Record the request ID after submitting your request. You need the request ID to track the status of your request.

   A link to the request is displayed.

5. If your request requires an approval, then click Track Request under the Self-Register menu in the left navigation pane. The Track Self-Registration request page is displayed. You can check the status of your request on this page by entering the request ID.

2.2 Changing Passwords

If you forget your Oracle Identity Manager password, then you can contact your system administrator to have your account unlocked or you can reset your password from a page where you are prompted to answer challenge questions. If you provide the correct answers to these questions, Oracle Identity Manager lets you change your password.

You can also reset your password if your Oracle Identity Manager account had been locked after logon retry attempts exceed the maximum number of attempts allowed. However, if you exceed the maximum number of attempts to correctly answer your challenge questions, then your account is locked and can be unlocked only by an Oracle Identity Manager system administrator.

Note:

If you have forgotten your Oracle Identity Manager user ID, then contact your Oracle Identity Manager system administrator.

If a password policy is attached to the Xellerate User resource object, then the View Password Policy link is displayed on all pages of the Administrative and User Console in which a password field is present, except for the Create User and User Self-Registration pages. Clicking this link shows the password policy that is applicable for specifying a password.

To reset a password:

1. Log in to the Administrative and User Console.

2. On the left navigation pane, click Forgot Password.

3. On the Verify User Id page, enter your user ID in the User ID field, and then click OK.

4. On the Change Password page, answer the challenge questions.

   These questions and the answers that you set are part of your account options. You select these questions and answers the first time you log in to the Oracle Identity Manager Administrative and User Console.

   1. Provide the correct answers to the password challenge questions.

   2. Enter your new password in both of the password fields.

5. Click Submit.

2.3 Tracking Self-Registration Requests

Depending on how Oracle Identity Manager has been configured, requests for self-registration may require approval. If approvals are required, you can track the status of that approval and self-registration process.

To track the status of a self-registration request:

1. Access your corporate portal link to the Administrative and User Console. The Welcome page is displayed.

2. In the left navigation pane, click Track Request under Self-Register. The Track Self-Registration Request page is displayed.

3. Enter the ID of the request associated with your self-registration in the Request ID field.

4. Click Track Request. The details about the self-registration request status are displayed.

2.4 Logging In to the Administrative and User Console

Before logging in to the Administrative and User Console, ensure that you have an account in that application. If you do not currently have an account, create an account as described in "Creating Oracle Identity Manager Accounts", or contact your manager to have an account created for you.

To log in to the Administrative and User Console:

1. Access your corporate portal's URL to the Administrative and User Console.

2. Enter your user ID and password.

3. Click Login.

2.5 Logging Out of the Administrative and User Console

You may be automatically logged out of the Administrative and User Console after a specific period of time because of inactivity in the console. You can also log out if you are not working in a single sign-on environment.

To log out of the Administrative and User Console when you are not in a single sign-on environment:

1. Click Logout. A confirmation message is displayed.

2. Click Logout or Cancel.