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Comment: Smart ID 23.10.6: Idempotency Key added to standard service task "Production"

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This article includes updates for Smart ID 23.10.6.

This article describes how to create or edit a simple process

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in Identity Manager Admin

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, with the Process Designer tool. To create more complex processes with the full set of tasks, the Activiti designer plugin can be used.

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Prerequisites

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Prerequisites

Before setting up a process, make sure that the following things apply:

  • Installed Identity Manager

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Step-by-step instruction

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  • Log in to Identity Manager Admin

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  •  as an admin user.

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Add process

  1. In Identity Manager Admin, go to Home > Process Designer.

  2. To add a new process:

    1. Click +New.

    2. Enter a Name, for example Create Employee,and a Description.

    3. Click Save+Edit.
      The Process Design panel is shown.

  3. To edit an existing process, double-click on its name.

  4. Optionally, enter a Help text.

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Add, remove, or edit process tasks

Add, remove, or edit process tasks as needed.

  1. Go to the Task List tab.

  2. There is always a startElement automatically generated. You can configure a form as attribute for it (not mandatory).

  3. In the Task List tab, click + to add a task.

  4. Select a task type. See the available task types and attributes in the table below.
    To use standard service tasks, select Service task as type.

  5. Enter a Name, a Description, and the required attributes for the selected task type. For example, for a Save Data task, a data pool is needed to specify where to save the data.

  6. If a service task is chosen, click the pen symbol to edit.
    To use a standard service task:

    1. Select Delegate Expression.

    2. Enter expression with the name of the standard service task in the text field, for example ${createRelationJavaDelegate}.

    3. Enter values for the given parameters.

    For information on the available standard service tasks and parameters, see Standard service tasks in Identity Manager.

  7. To let a step be done in parallel to the previous step, check Branching.

  8. Click Preview to see a graphic representation of the current process.

  9. Click Save.

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Set permissions

Add permissions for users and roles for all operation types:

  1. Go to the Permissions tab.

  2. For each operation type, Delete, Update, Start process, and so on, click the operation name. Repeat steps 3-4 to add permissions for users and roles.

  3. To add permissions for a specific user, click Add user and select the user in the drop-down list.

  4. To add permissions for a role, click Add role and select the role in the drop-down list.

  5. Click Save.

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Task types and attributes

Task name

Description

Attributes

Assign New Number

A number from a number range is assigned to a data pool field.

  • Number range

  • Data pool and field name

Card Operation

An action on a card (e.g. Set PIN/Change PIN) is executed. See also Structure of an encoding description in Identity Manager for more information.

  • Form

  • Card action

Change State

The state of an object is changed in the local Identity Manager database to a particular state, e.g. from "Active" to "Inactive".

  • Data pool

  • Target state

Change State in CA

The state of a certificate is changed in the CA to a particular state. The state is then also changed in the local database.

  • Target state

Check Task

This task checks the relationship between a data pool object and a particular identity object. The relationship must be a "one-to-one" relationship. If this is not the case, an activity error occurs.

  • Data pool

  • Identity template

Choose Mapping

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Copy data from one data pool to another

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while applying a pre-configured mapping. See Set up mapping in Identity Manager for more information.

  • Mapping

Delete Data

This task deletes one core object from its data source. The

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core object is identified by the configured data pool and the variable <datapool>_Id within the process map.

Restrictions:

It is not possible to delete core objects that are based on an external data source, with the exception of SCIM based core objects which can be deleted.

  • Data pool

Export Task

Data is exported according to an export definition.

  • Export definition

HTTP Client

Send an HTTP request from a process and make the response available in the process map.

  • HTTP Client

Mail Task

An email is sent

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, for example, a confirmation of a receipt.

  • Email template

You can also enter an Expression ${...} that gets resolved from the DataMap.

Modify Roles Automatically

Roles are automatically assigned to or withdrawn from particular objects.

  • Data pool

  • Role (selected via drag and drop or resolved via expression that contains a comma-separated list of roles in the process map (Role1,Role2,...).

Modify Roles Manually

The user can assign or withdraw roles to or from particular objects manually.

  • Data pool

  • Role

Print Report

A document with the indicated template can be printed.

  • Form

  • Report template

Production

A card or token is produced.

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 This task is for server side production only.

If you configure multiple printers,

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see Set up printers in Identity Manager.

The process variable processVarCardSdkPrinterUrl can be used to fill with the symbolic name of a  printer to find the connection to the CardSDK. If the variable is not in the process, the defaultPrinter is used.

  • Card template

  • For Nexus GO Cards (CaaS) production:
    Field Name: Field that holds the request id returned

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  • by Nexus GO Cards (CaaS).

  • For Nexus GO Cards (CaaS) production:
    Production ID: Field that holds the idempotency key used to avoid duplicate orders. This can be a previously generated GUID.When empty, the orderRequest is being hashed and used instead.

Production with Preview

Before a card is produced a preview of the card is displayed on the user interface. There are two variations: one for client-side and one for server-side production. These differ by the following forms:

  • clientSideProductionPreviewTask.jsp

  • serverSideProductionPreviewTask.jsp

If you configure multiple printers,

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see Set up printers in Identity Manager.

The process variable processVarCardSdkPrinterUrl can be used to fill with the symbolic name of a  printer to find the connection to the CardSDK. If the variable is not in the process, the defaultPrinter is used.

  • Form

  • Card template

Request Softtoken

A softtoken is required by the CA and sent to the recipient by email.

  • Certificate type

  • Email template

Return Number

A number from a number range is released again.

  • Number range

  • Data pool and field name

Save Data

The process data are saved in the data pool indicated. If a suitable ID is found, an update is run, otherwise a new data record is created.

Restrictions:

It is not possible to update and create core objects that are based on an external data source.

  • Data pool

Script Task

This task contains a scripting engine for script languages such as JUEL, BeanShell, JavaScript and Groovy.

  • Script to be executed

Service Task

A JAVA class that is executed during the process runtime is added to the process.

A set of standard service tasks is available. For more information, see Standard service tasks in Identity Manager.

  • Java Class

  • For standard service task:
    Relevant parameters for the selected task

User Task

A user dialog (user task) is used in order to model the interaction of a user. It is a form in which entries have to be made.

  • Form

  • Buttons can be configured

This article is valid for Smart ID 20.11 and later.

Related information

More details on processes: 

Child pages (Children Display)

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