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managed object

A managed object is a user, group, or organization object defined in the Identity Manager directory, or an admin role, admin task, access role, or access task object defined within an Identity Manager environment. A managed object contains a set of attributes that define the object. Using the Identity Manager API, you can access managed objects through a provider or a task session.

Management Console

The Identity Manager Management Console is a Web-based tool for creating an Identity Manager directory, configuring an Identity Manager environment, assigning a system manager, and enabling custom features.

member policy

A member policy defines a member rule and scope rules for a role. You can define several member policies for one role. For each policy, if a user meets the condition in the member rule, that user has the scope for using the role that is defined in the policy.

member rule

A member rule defines who can use a role. You define a member rule as part of a member policy for the role.

metadata

Metadata is XML data that describes the structure of a connector to the Java CS.