Access Information

Use the Access Information page to view and change access information for a dynamic role, and also to specify business metadata for accesses.

Your ability to change and view role information is determined by the authority that your system administrator granted to you. Contact your help desk or system administrator for information about roles. The following fields are the default fields:

To specify roles and users that have ownership of the role, click the twistie icon Twistie

next to Owners.

Role Owners table

Add one or more roles as owners for the role. The table contains these columns:

Select: Specifies a role. To select one or more roles, select the check box next to the role. To select all roles, select the check box at the top of the column.
Role Name: Identifies the name of the role.
Role Description: Provides additional information about the role.
Business Unit: Identifies the business unit to which the role applies. Click the link for more information about the business unit.

User Owners table

Add one or more users as owners for the role. The table contains these columns:

Select: Select the check box in this column to select a user. Select the check box at the top of the column to select all users.
Full Name: Identifies the full name of a user. Click the name of the user to view the user's personal profile.
E-mail Address: Identifies the email address of a user.
Last Name: Identifies the surname of a user.
Business Unit: Identifies the business unit that is associated with the user.

Use these buttons with the role or user policy owners table:

Add: Click to add a role or user to the list. A search panel opens from which you can select the appropriate roles or users.
Remove: Click to remove one or more roles or users from the list.

Enable access for this role

Select to display the role in the user interface. When this option is selected, the user can request access for this role, view the access for this role, or delete the access for this role.

Access type for this role

Identifies the access type for this role.

Change access type

Expand or collapse a node in the tree to view and select an access type. This choice is available only if you previously selected Enable access for this role.

Access Types: Expand or collapse a node in the tree to view and select an access type. For example, Application, Role, and other access types.

Icon URL

Provide a uniform resource identifier (URI) string for the icon. A preview of the icon is displayed that is based on the following conditions:

If an icon URL is not specified, and the category image exists, then the preview displays the category image. An information message is displayed that this image is used.
If an icon URL is not specified, and the category image does not exist, then the preview displays a message that there is no image.
If an icon URL is specified, then the referenced image is displayed.

For more information, see the Customizing an access card in the Request Access wizard section in the Identity Manager product documentation.

Search terms

Type the search strings that you want to add to return specific search terms. You can use multiple values for the search terms.

Use these buttons for the search terms:

Add: Click to add a search term.
Delete: Click to delete one or more search terms.

Additional information

Displays information about the access card by default. It is a free form information about the access item that the administrator considers useful.

Badges

Specify one or more badges for an access item that is associated with this role. Click the twistie icon Twistie

next to Badges to specify one or more badges. You can add a maximum of five badges for an access item.

Use these buttons for the badges:

Add: Click to add a badge. The button becomes inactive after a maximum of five badges are assigned to an access item.
Remove: Click to remove a badge. The button is not active until a badge is added.

Select a check box next to a badge to modify or delete it.

Badge text

Type a short text string for the badge. For example,

High
risk

To customize the value of a badge text, add a $ prefix to it. For example, $Risk. You can customize only the value of a badge text when it is prefixed with $. For example, $Risk=High Risk. You cannot customize a badge text if it is not prefixed with $.

You might want to configure the CustomLabels.properties file to customize the value for the badge text. For more information, see the Customizing badges on access cards in the Request Access wizard section in the Identity Manager product documentation.

Badge class

Select a specific CSS class from the list to apply to the badge text. You can customize a badge class, where you can specify your own styles to be displayed in the Badge class list. For example, a CSS class can consist of font type, size, color, or other formatting styles, which you can apply to the specified badge text.

You might want to customize a badge CSS style to suit your requirements. For more information, see the Customizing badges on access cards in the Request Access wizard section in the Identity Manager product documentation.

Preview

A preview displays the badge text that is based on the badge class you selected.

You can use these buttons:

Submit Now: Click to submit your request immediately.
Schedule Submission: Click to schedule your request.