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Create an Access Task

An access task is a single action that a user can perform in a business application, such as generating a purchase order in a finance application. Users can perform that action when they are assigned an access role that includes the access task.

Important! To create an Access tasks, you need to add the Access tasks to Admin role of the logged in user.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Roles and Tasks, Access Tasks, Create Access Task.
2. Select one of the following options:
   • Create an access task
   • Create a copy of an access task.
3. Complete these fields:

   Name

   A unique name that you can assign to the task, such as Generate Purchase Order.

   Tag

   A unique tag for the task. The tag must start with a letter or an underscore character containing letters, numbers, or underscores only.

   Description

   An optional note about the purpose of the task.

   Application ID

   An identifier for an application such as the application name associated with the task. The application ID cannot contain any spaces or nonalphanumeric characters.

   Make note of this ID; you need it when you enable the role in SiteMinder.

4. To complete the access task, click Submit.