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Identify Users & Accounts

Identify Users & Accounts

In this use case is described how user information received from source system is linked to user account information received from directory.

This use case is most commonly used when IGA solution is taken into production usage for the first time or new directory's are connected to IGA solution.


 

Use Case Description

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Description

Overview

This use case describes how user information received from the Customers source system and user accounts received from the Customers directory are linked based on calculated strength level.

Operators

IGA Solution
Source system
Directory

Prerequisites

Integration to Customers source system is created.

Provisioning towards Customers directory is configured. 

Result

IGA Admin has view for comparison results and linking has being made according to settings in IGA Set Identifying Information datacards.

Operating Chain

  1. IGA Admin opens IGA Set Identifying Information view, chooses "New" and fulfills needed information

    • General Information: Name, description, source system name, directory name

    • Mappings

      • Identity Storage attribute
      • Matching IGA Account attribute
      • Strength level for result

    • Automation level

      • Which strength levels are automatically linked and which ones needs IGA Admins review before linking is made.

    • When new IGA Identity Storage datacard is created workflow validates if there is existing IGA Account datacard to be linked
       
    • When new IGA Account datacard is created workflow validates if there is existing IGA Identity Storage datacard to be linked

    • Based on attribute comparison IGA solution creates a link between data received from the Customers source system or directory.

    • IGA Admin can also review users and accounts which did not match at all (orphan accounts)
Related datacards IGA Account
IGA Identity Storage
Examples

Rule / Strength Level

Attributes

Unique attributes match

Strength level: 1

Employee ID, Social Security Number

Linking made automatically

All five (5) attributes matches

Strength level: 2

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Title, Organizational Unit

Linking made automatically

All four (4) attributes matches

Strength level: 2

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name, Title, Organizational Unit

Linking made automatically

All three (3) attributes matches

Strength level: 2

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name, Date of Birth

Linking made automatically

All three (3) attributes matches

Strength level: 3

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name, Title

Linking made manually

All three (3) attributes matches

Strength level: 3

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name, Organizational Unit

Linking mage manually

Two of these attributes matches

Strength level: 4

First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name

Linking made manually

One of naming attributes matches with Title or Organizational Unit

Strength level: 4

One of these: First Name or Spoken Name, Last Name

Matches one or two of these: Organizational Unit, Title

Linking made manually


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Configuration changes


In this use case Customer can define attributes used for linking and are links created automatically or manually. 

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Expansion Possibilities


1. New source systems

Customer can define several source systems, which users needs to be linked to IGA accounts, but this will always need Efecte Consultants review, before affects to the project schedule or work estimations can be done.

2. New directories

Customer can define several directories, which user accounts needs to be linked to IGA Identity Storage datacards, but this will always need Efecte Consultants review, before affects to the project schedule or work estimations can be done.

3. New strength levels

Customer can define more than four (4) strength levels, but this will always need Efecte Consultants review, before affects to the project schedule or work estimations can be done.

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Configuration instructions

  1. Fill up IGA set identifying info data card
    • Test that the settings are working
    • Note that User creation must be configured before testing this. 
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