Identities¶
The Identities page within the System Configuration area allows you to define nine additional fields for storing custom identity information specific to your organization. Examples:
- If your organization has both an internal job title and an external job title, the external job title is already being imported through Active Directory, but you need the internal job title to help define your access models, you can define an additional field to hold the internal job title
- If your organization uses both the job title and a job code to determine permissions, you can define an additional field to hold the job code (since the job title is already available through Active Directory)
Additional fields can be used when:
- Creating access models
- Matching user accounts to identities
- Creating personnel events
Define additional fields¶
Warning
Disabling an additional field permanently deletes all identity data stored in that field. Access model enrollment conditions that depend on the field may cause affected identities to no longer be enrolled. Existing access model rule conditions are not affected.
To define additional fields, complete the following steps:
- If you are not already on the Identities page, go to the System Configuration area and select Identities from the menu on the left.
- In the Additional Fields section, enter a name in one of the fields (up to 16 characters). For example, if you want to add an internal job title, you might name it "Internal Title."
- Select the option to the left of the field name to enable it for use in other areas of Permission Assist. When enabled, the option appears green.
- Select the Save button. The settings are saved.
After enabling additional fields, values can be entered directly on each identity's details page. See View and change identity details for instructions.
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