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User Console

You access an Identity Manager Environment using the User Console, a web application that allows users to perform admin tasks. You define certain properties for the User Console that administrators use to access an Environment in the User Console page in the Management Console.

The User Console page includes the following fields:

• General Properties

  Define properties that apply to an Environment.

  • Show Recently Completed Tasks

    Determines whether CA Identity Manager displays a status message when a task completes.

    When this option is selected, users must click OK to clear the status message that CA Identity Manager displays.

    To disable the message and prevent users from having to click OK when each status message appears, clear this option.

  • Show About Link

    Determines whether an About link appears in the lower right corner of the User Console. When this option is selected, Identity Manager users can click the About link to view version information for CA Identity Manager components.

  • Enable Language Switching

    Determines whether CA Identity Manager includes a Choose Language drop-down list in the login screen and in the User Console. When this field is selected, Identity Manager users can change the language in the User Console by selecting a new language from the list.

    Note: To display the Choose Language field, the Enable Language Switching field must be selected, and CA Identity Manager must be configured to support multiple languages.

    See the User Console Design Guide for more information.

  • Job Timeout

    Determines the amount of time that CA Identity Manager waits after a task is submitted before displaying a status message.

    When the task completes within the specified amount of time, CA Identity Manager displays the following message:

    "Task has been submitted for processing on current date"

    If the task takes longer to complete or is under workflow control, CA Identity Manager displays the following message:

    Task has been submitted for processing on current date

    Note: Changes may not take effect immediately.

• Theme Properties

  Let you customize the icon and title of the User Console in an Environment. For example, you can add a company logo and the company name to User Console screens.

  Theme properties include the following settings:

  • Icon (URI)

    Defines the icon using a URI to an image available to the application server.

    Example: http://myserver.mycompany.com/images/front/logo.gif

  • Title

    Specifies custom text, which is displayed next to the icon at the top of the User Console.

  Note: If you defined a custom skin, you can specify an icon or title by referencing a properties file for the skin. For example, if the entry for the icon image in the properties file for a custom skin is image/logo.gif, you can enter that same string in the Icon field.

• Login Properties

  Specify the authentication method and location of the login page to which users are directed when they access an Environment.

  • Authentication Provider module class name

    Specifies the class name of the authentication provider module.

  • Login Page

    Specifies the page to which users are directed when they access an Environment.