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Activating Organizations in Initial State

Sometimes you might start creating an organization, but not activate it. For example, you might specify the Organization Information and User Data Location on the Create Organization page, but not specify the details of the LDAP repository or the administrators who will manage the organization. In such cases, the organization is created, but is not active and is not typically visible in searches (unless you search by selecting the Initial option).

Such organizations remain in the Initial state in the system, unless you activate them. If at a later point, you try to create a new organization with the same details as an organization that is in the Initial state, the system will not allow you to, because the organization exists.

Privileges Required

To be able to activate an organization that is in the Initial state, you must ensure that you have the appropriate privileges and scope to do so. The MA can activate all organizations. GAs and OAs can activate all organizations in their scope.

Activating Organizations in Initial State

To activate an organization that is in the Initial state:

1. Ensure that you are logged in with the required privileges and scope to create the organization.
2. Activate the Organizations tab.
3. Under the Manage Organizations section, click the Search Organization link to display the Search Organization page.
4. Enter the partial or complete information of the required organization and select the Initial option.
5. Click Search to display the page, with all the matches for the specified criteria.
6. Select the organizations that you want to activate.
7. Click Activate to enable the selected organizations. The message box appears.
8. Click OK to confirm the activation.