1.7 Exploring Identity Reporting

After you log in, Identity Reporting shows a left navigation menu that provides access to various pages that let you perform reporting actions. To navigate to a particular page, click the menu item for the page you want to view.

The following menu choices are available:

1.7.1 Getting Help

While working in Identity Reporting, click the Help link to display the online version of this guide.

1.7.2 Token Timeout

Instead of timing out when a user session is idle, Identity Reporting implements a token timeout strategy to manage user logins. The token associated with each user login times out automatically after a specified period of time, regardless of what the user does. After a token timeout occurs, Identity Reporting preserves the user’s data. The user can log in again and resume work without losing any data.

The administrator can set the token timeout value at installation time or configure it later by using the post-installation utility provided with Identity Reporting.

The token timeout feature reduces the risk that an unauthorized user could impersonate a user who had previously logged in to Identity Reporting. After a timeout occurs, the token is no longer valid and cannot be reused. This is not the case with many applications that rely on a conventional session timeout mechanism, because another person can reuse the session information.