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Web Service Description Language (WSDL)

The Web Service Description Language (WSDL) is an XML-based file describing how to communicate using the web service, including all necessary protocol bindings and message formats.

work item delegation

Work item delegation allows an administrator to delegate work items from one user to another using an Identity Manager task. Administrators may want to delegate another user’s work items if that user is out of the office unexpectedly or to assign a large workload to multiple users. First you must identify the delegator, or the user with the work items to be delegated. Then you add one or more delegates, other user(s) who will have access to the delegator's work items. Once the delegation is in place, all work items appear in the delegator and the delegate.

work item

A work item is an approval task that appears in the work list of the participant authorized to complete the task. Work items correspond to manual activities in a workflow process.

work list

A work list is a workflow-generated list of tasks that appear in the Identity Manager User Console. For example, a task may appear to request approval of a create user task.

workflow

A workflow is one or more steps that must be performed before Identity Manager can complete a task that is under workflow control.

workflow activity

A workflow activity is an operation that must be performed before a task (such as the creation of a new user) can be completed. With Identity Manager, an activity involves the approval or rejection of the task under workflow control.

workflow approval task

A workflow approval task is an Identity Manager task that is associated with a workflow activity. When an Identity Manager user performs a workflow approval task (for example, approves the creation of a new user), the result is reported to the associated workflow activity, and the workflow process can then continue to the next workflow element. The workflow approval task and its associated workflow activity must have the same name.

workflow job

A workflow job is a runtime instance of a workflow process.

workflow process

A workflow process is one or more steps that must be performed before Identity Manager can complete the task under workflow control. The workflow process defines the required steps. A runtime instance of a workflow process definition is called a workflow job.

workflow-controlled task

A workflow-controlled task generates one or more events that are mapped to a workflow process.

WorkPoint Designer

WorkPoint Designer is software from Workpoint LLC, a subsidiary of Planet Group, Inc., that is integrated with Identity Manager. WorkPoint Designer lets you manage workflow processes and workflow jobs.