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Create and Organize a Hierarchy of User Groups

Note: CA DataMinder integrates directly with CA Identity Manager. This integration allows you to use CA Identity Manager to maintain your CA DataMinder user accounts. For more information, see the Technical Information section of this guide.

You need to create a set of user groups and configure the policies for these groups. You can create as many groups as you need and arrange them in any way you want. For example, you can organize users into groups based on location, job, or purchasing permissions:

Use the Account Import feature to create a groups hierarchy

To simplify mass deployments, Account Import enables administrators to import user details into CA DataMinder from an external Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory or a source file. Account Import can import new users and groups into the existing CA DataMinder user hierarchy, or it can reorganize existing users to synchronize them with an external hierarchy. It can also import user attributes such as email addresses and employee IDs. For example, you can import your existing user hierarchy from Microsoft Active Directory or Domino Server.

Account Imoprt also enables you to synchronize users' email addresses in the CMS database with addresses in an external source such as Active Directory. Such synchronization is essential for CA DataMinder features that rely on email address mapping, especially policy engines.

For full details, see the Account Import section of this guide.

Manually create a group hierarchy

You can also use the Administration console to manually create user groups and organize these groups into a hierarchy. For details, see the User Groups section of the Adminstration Guide.

More information:

Account Import