Configuring Chain Roles

You first configure chain roles in Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) and then access them from the OPERA Cloud Role Manager menu by selecting Manage Chain Roles.

Adding a Chain Role

  1. From OPERA Cloud Role Manager, select Manage Chain Roles.

  2. Click Search. You can optionally enter a Role and/or Display Name to filter results.

    Note:

    New roles from Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) appear with a red triangle and exclamation mark to indicate the role does not yet exist in OPERA Cloud.

  3. Click the vertical ellipsis for a new OIM role (indicated with the red triangle and exclamation mark) and select Create Role from LDAP. The Manage Role page appears from which you can grant various tasks to the Chain Role.

  4. From the top panel of the Manage Role screen, complete the following fields:

    1. Role. This field is read-only and displays the name of the role as it was configured in OIM.

    2. Display Name. Enter the display name for the role in OPERA Cloud.

    3. Description. Enter a description of the role in OPERA Cloud.

  5. Click Save.

Assigning Tasks to a Role

Once you add a chain role, the next step is to assign tasks to the role. See Assigning Tasks to a Role for details.

Editing a Chain Role

  1. From OPERA Cloud Role Manager, select Manage Chain Roles.

  2. Click Search. You can optionally enter a Role and/or Display Name to filter results.

  3. Click the vertical ellipsis for the role and select Edit.

    The Manage Role page appears.
  4. Under Available Tasks, select or deselect the assigned tasks from the role.

    Note:

    You can filter the available tasks that appear in Role Manager by entering the task in the Filter field and selecting Filter.

    See Assigning Tasks to a Role for more information.

  5. Click Save.

Viewing Users Assigned to a Chain Role

  1. From OPERA Cloud Role Manager, select Manage Chain Roles.

  2. Click Search. You can optionally enter a Role and/or Display Name to filter results.

  3. Click the vertical ellipsis for the role and select View Users.

    The Users screen appears with the User ID and Display Name for each user.

Deleting a Chain Role

  1. From OPERA Cloud Role Manager, select Manage Chain Roles.

  2. Click Search. You can optionally enter a Role and/or Display Name to filter results.

  3. Click the vertical ellipsis for the role and select Delete Role from Database.