1.3 Benefits

As the following examples illustrate, the driver enables you to automate and maintain business processes:

  • Automatically creating an Identity Vault account when an individual is hired.

  • Automatically deleting or deactivate Identity Vault accounts when an employee is terminated.

  • Synchronizing bidirectional data between SAP and the Identity Vault.

  • Maintaining accurate and consistent Identity Vault IDs.

  • Defining password policies (for example, a birth date, social security number, and first and last name combinations).

  • Allowing seamless integration between SAP and multiple applications (for example, eDirectory, Lotus Notes, Netscape, Exchange, and Active Directory) by using Identity Manager and the Identity Vault.

  • Creating other Identity Vault objects associated with a SAP object (for example, account codes or department records).

You can configure SAP and the SAP HR driver to enhance your organization’s business processes. Before installing and configuring the driver, you evaluate and define those processes. During installation, you configure the driver’s policies to automate these processes wherever possible.