15.2 Creating a User

You can create a new user in Oracle Identity Manager by using the Create User page. You can open this page only if you are authorized to create users as determined by the authorization policy on the Create User privilege on any organization in Oracle Identity Manager.

To create a user:

1. In Identity Self Service, click Manage. The Home tab displays the different Manage option. Click Users. The Manage Users page is displayed.

2. From the Actions menu, select Create. Alternatively, you can click Create on the toolbar. The Create User page is displayed with input fields for user profile attributes.

3. Enter details of the user in the Create User page.

   Oracle Identity Manager supports multi-valued user attributes when the Identity Store is a Directory. Few attributes in Table 15-1 will be multi-valued attributes.

   To enter value to a multi-valued attribute, for example Telephone, do the following:

   1. Click Add Value for Telephone. Telephone Number panel is displayed.

   2. Enter the telephone number in the text box.

   3. To include another value, click the add icon. A additional text box is made available to enter values. Multiple values can be entered by following the same procedure. See Figure 15-1 below.

      Figure 15-1 Multi-valued attribute input screen

      
      Description of "Figure 15-1 Multi-valued attribute input screen"
      
      

   4. To exclude a telephone number that is added, click the cancel icon next to the text box.

   5. Click OK.

   6. To modify the values before submitting the request, you can click the multi-valued attribute icon. Telephone Number panel is displayed with the values previously entered.

   Table 15-1 describes the fields in the Create User page:

   Table 15-1 Fields in the Create User Page

   Section	Field	Description
   Justification and Effective Date	Justification	Justification for creating the user.
   	Start Date	Date on which the user must be created.
   	Stop Date	Date till which the user must be active.
   Basic Information	First Name	First name of the user.
   	Middle Name	Middle name of the user.
   	Last Name	Last name of the user.
   	E-mail	E-mail address of the user.
   	Manager	The reporting manager of the user.
   	Organization	The organization to which the user belongs. This is also known as the home organization.
   	User Type	The type of employee, such as consultant, contractor, contingent worker, employee, full-time employee, intern, non-worker, other, part-time employee, or temporary.
   	Display Name	It can have localized values, which can be added by clicking Manage Localizations, and selecting from a list of languages. Display Name is available in 33 languages.
   Account Settings	User Login	The user name to be specified for logging in to the Administration Console.
   	Password	The password to be specified for logging in to the Administration console.
   	Confirm Password	Re-enter the password to be specified for logging in to the Administration console.
   Account Effective Dates	Start Date	The date when the user will be activated in the system.
   	End Date	The date when the user will be deactivated in the system.
   Contact Information	Telephone Number	The telephone number of the user.
   	Home Phone	The telephone number of the user's residence.
   	Fax	The fax number of the user.
   	Mobile	The mobile number of the user.
   	Pager	The pager number of the user.
   	Home Postal Address	The postal address of the user's residence.
   	Postal Address	The postal address of the user.
   	Postal Code	The postal code number of the user's address.
   	PO Box	The post box number of the user's address.
   	State	The state name of the user.
   	Street	The street name where the user resides.
   	Country	The country where user resides.
   Preferences	Locale	The locale code of the user.
   	Timezone	The timezone of the user.
   Other Attributes	Common Name	The common name of the user.
   	Department Number	The department number of the user.
   	Employee Number	The employee number of the user.
   	Generation Qualifier	Whether the user qualifies the generation.
   	Hire Date	The hiring date of the user.
   	Locality Name	The name of the locality where user resides.
   	Initials	The initials of the user.
   	Title	The title for the user.

   
   

4. Click Submit or Save as Draft. A message is displayed stating that the user is created successfully.

   
   

   Tip: Users can be created by any one of the following methods: By using Oracle Identity Administration By self registration By using SCIM-based APIs For all the above methods, Oracle Identity Manager uses the default password policy or Password Policy against Default Rule. If you want to use a different password policy, then you must attach the new password policy to the default rule. To do so, see "Managing Password Policies". For more information about how to use SCIM/REST services, see Using SCIM/REST Services in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing and Customizing Applications for Oracle Identity Manager.