Mappings in Identity Management

User- User Group Mappings
  • A user is mapped to a single or multiple user groups
  • A user group can have multiple users
  • User to user group mapping is many to many
Function- Role Mappings
  • A function is mapped to multiple roles
  • A role can have many functions
  • Function to role mapping is many to many
Folder/Segment- Domain Mappings
  • A folder/segment is mapped to an information domain
  • An information domain can have many folders/segments
  • Folder/segment to information domain mapping is one to one, that is, a folder can be mapped to a single domain
User Group Role Mapping
  • A user group is mapped to multiple roles and each role will have multiple functions mapped to it.
  • All users belonging to a user group can do all functions associated with the roles to which the user group is mapped.

Figure 13-30 User Group Role Mapping Illustration


This illustration shows the User Group Mapping logic, which is related to the Role and its associated Functions.