B.2 Creating a Custom Roles-Based Provisioning Request Definition

Role Assignment/Revocation Approval is a roles-based provisioning request definition in Designer that you should use as a basis for your custom role approval provisioning request definitions.

To create a copy and customize its contents:

  1. From the Provisioning view in Designer, open Roles in the Provisioning Request Definitions node.

  2. Select Role Assignment/Revocation Approval, right-click, then select Create From.

    Designer displays the Create a New PRD wizard.

  3. Fill in the fields as follows:

    Field

    Description

    Identifier (CN)

    The CN (common name) identifier for the provisioning request definition. The name cannot be longer than 64 characters.

    Display Name

    The display name for the provisioning request definition. This is the name that is displayed in the Provisioning view.

    Description

    A description of the provisioning request definition.

  4. Click Next.

  5. Specify Roles for the category.

  6. Select Notify participants by E-Mail to notify approvers by email.

  7. Click Finish.

    Designer displays the Provisioning Request Definition Details panel on the Overview tab.

  8. To add a language code to the PRD, click Localize data beside the Display Name and Description fields and add a language-specific suffix. For example, _nb for Norwegian.

  9. Set the Status to Active to make the provisioning request definition available for use in the User Application. For description of the parameters on the Overview tab, see Modifying Settings of a Provisioning Request Definition in the NetIQ Identity Manager - Administrator’s Guide to Designing the Identity Applications.

  10. Click Save.