Novell Doc: Identity Manager 3.5.1 User Application: Design Guide

4.4 Working with the Installed Templates

Identity Manager ships with a set of preconfigured provisioning request definitions and workflows. You can use these as templates for building your own provisioning system.To set up your system, you define new objects based on the installed templates and customize these objects to suit the needs of your organization.

The installed templates let you determine the number of approval steps required for the request to be fulfilled. You can configure a provisioning request to require from zero to five approval steps.

You can also specify whether you want to support sequential or parallel processing, and whether you want to approve or deny the request in the event that the workflow times out during the course of processing.

The following table lists the templates included with Identity Manager.

Table 4-8 Preconfigured Provisioning Request Definitions and Workflows

Template	Description
Self Provision Approval	Allows a provisioning request to be fulfilled without any approvals.
One Step Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires a single approval for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity.
Two Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires two approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports sequential processing.
Three Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires three approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports sequential processing.
Four Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires four approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports sequential processing.
Five Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires five approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports sequential processing.
One Step Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires a single approval for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request.
Two Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires two approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports sequential processing.
Three Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires three approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports sequential processing.
Four Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires four approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports sequential processing.
Five Step Sequential Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires five approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports sequential processing.
Two Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires two approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports parallel processing.
Three Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires three approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports parallel processing.
Four Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires four approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports parallel processing.
Five Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Approves)	Requires five approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the activity approves the request and the work item is forwarded to the next activity. This template supports parallel processing.
Two Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires two approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports parallel processing.
Three Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires three approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports parallel processing.
Four Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires four approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports parallel processing.
Five Step Parallel Approval (Timeout Denies)	Requires five approvals for the provisioning request to be fulfilled. If an activity times out, the workflow denies the request. This template supports parallel processing.