User Pattern object

User Patterns and user templates allow a system administrator to define a group of console users at once whose user IDs all match a certain pattern (for example, a regular expression) and who have a certain set of attributes. A User Pattern object is an element of the console object and defines a pattern for user IDs that are not defined to the console but can be verified by an LDAP server for user authentication. Each pattern identifies a template User object which defines many characteristics of such users. A successful logon with a user ID that matches a User Pattern results in the creation of a pattern-based user, with many of its attributes coming from the associated template. User Patterns are searched in a defined order during logon processing. That order can be customized through the Console object operation Reorder User Patterns.

Through user-related-access permission described in User-related-access permission, API users are permitted to see certain User Pattern objects in a List User Patterns response and issue Get User Pattern Properties for those User Pattern objects. An API user with action/task permission to the Manage User Patterns task is permitted to view and change any User Pattern object and change the pattern search order.