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Managed Object Descriptions

In CA Identity Manager, you manage the following types of objects, corresponding to entries in a user store:

• Users—Represent users in an enterprise.
• Groups—Represent associations of users who have something in common.
• (Optional) Organizations—Represent business units. Organizations may contain users, groups, and other organizations.

  Note: Organizations Management provides information about configuring organizations.

An object description contains the following:

• Information about the object, such as the tables in which the object is stored.
• The attributes that store information about an entry. For example, the pager attribute stores a pager number.

Important! An Identity Manager environment supports only one type of user, group, and organization object.