Scheduling Advanced Certifications

  • 7011187
  • 02-Jul-2010
  • 02-Nov-2012

Environment

NetIQ Access Governance Suite

Situation

An advanced certification can be used for applying more specific certification requirements such as scheduling certifications at the Business/IT Role level.  Advanced certifications can include all the roles, additional entitlements, and policy violations for the certified identities. 

Use the following procedure to schedule advanced certification requests. Certification schedules can be complex or simple, depending on the specific needs of your enterprise and the purpose of the certifications being scheduled.

This procedure lists the basic steps required to launch a certification schedule. 

Procedure

  1. Click the Monitor tab, or scroll over the tab and select Certification Schedules.
  2. Select Advanced from the Schedule New Certification drop-down list.
  3. Enter a description for the certification.
  4. Specify the populations to include in the certification and assign certifiers to each.

  5. Note: You must add at least one certifier for a population before adding additional populations below it in the list.
    a. Select a population from the Population drop-down list.
    b. Click Add to include the selected population.
    c. Click the plus (+) icon to open the Certifier(s) text field.
    d. Enter the first letter, or letters, of an identity to display a selection list of valid certifier
    e. Click Add to include the selected certifier.
    You can add multiple certifiers for each population using the plus (+) icon.
    You can remove certifiers using the minus (-) icon.
    f. Repeat these steps until all required populations are included in the certification.
  6. Select the execution frequency for this certification from the drop-down list. Continuous certifications require additional information.
  7. Specify the date and time at which this certification should first run or select Run Now. Certification start times must be at least one minute later than the current time. For example, if it is currently 11:41, the certification start time must be 11:42 or later.
  8. Click Save to schedule the certification.