Understanding User Types

Waveset provides two user types: Waveset Users and Service Provider Users, if you configure your Waveset system for a service provider implementation. These types enable you to distinguish users that might have different provisioning requirements based on their relationship with your company, for example extranet users compared with intranet users.

A typical scenario for a service provider implementation is a service provider company with internal users and external users (customers) that it wants to manage with Waveset. For information about configuring a service provider implementation, see Oracle Waveset Service Provider 8.1.1 Deployment.

You specify the Waveset user type when you configure a user account. For more information about service provider users, see Chapter 17, Service Provider Administration