Planning Policies Configure the UMS Driver

Managing Policies, Rules, and Conditions 10-11

10.6 Viewing a Policy or a List of Policies

Depending on the search performed, a policy or a list of policies is displayed in the Search Results table. The policies that are displayed from a search are those that match the criteria specified in the Linked Groups, Policy Name, Policy Status, Checkpoint, and Run Mode fields. You can sort the Search Results table by sorting on a column. Each policy has a name. If the description is too long to be fully shown, you can place the mouse over the text to see the entire description. The Search Results table provides quick access to the Policy Details page for a policy. Click the policy name for the policy you are interested in to view more details.

10.7 Viewing Policy Details

By clicking the policy name, the Policy Details page for the specific policy is displayed. The Policy Details page enables you to view and edit the details of a policy. You can also access the Policy Details page through the Policy Tree. For information, refer to Chapter 3, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager Navigation. The Policy Details page provides the following four tabs: ■ Summary - Enables you to view and edit the general details of the policy ■ Rules - Enables you to view a list of all the rules of the policy, and add and delete them. ■ Trigger Combinations - Enables you to view the trigger combinations of the policy and to add, delete, and to edit them. Table 10–2 Policies Search Filter Criteria Filters and Fields Descriptions Linked Groups Users can filter policies based on the user groups they are linked with. The Linked Groups filter is disabled when the Run Mode is Not Linked since there are no associated User ID groups. Policy Name Name of the policy. You can enter the complete name or part of a policy name. For example, if you enter HTTP, any policy with HTTP in any part of its name will appear. Policy Status Status of the policy: Active or Disabled. Defines the state of the object or its availability for business processes. For information, refer to Policy Status . Checkpoints Point during the session the rules in a policy are evaluated. Run Mode Run mode enables you to select whether to link the policy to all users, a specified User ID group, or not to link the policy. Linking a policy to a group enables the policy to executerun for the set of users within the linked group. ■ The All Users option links a policy to all users. The policy is targeted for all users. ■ The Linked Users option links a policy to a User ID group or several User ID groups. The policy is targeted to a specified set of users. Created Date Time when policy was created. Update Time Time when policy was last updated. 10-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Adaptive Access Manager ■ Group Linking - Enables you to link a policy to a User ID group The number of rules, trigger combinations, and group links present in the policy is shown in parenthesis on the Policy Details page tabs. Disabled rules are also included in the count.

10.8 Creating Policies

A policy is a collection of rules and configured to evaluate and handle patterns or practices, or specific activities that you may run across in the day-to-day operation of your business. For a new policy to function, you must create the policy and then perform edits to the policy. To create a new policy:

1. In the Navigation tree, double-click Policies. The Policies Search page is

displayed.

2. From the Policies Search page, click the New Policy button.

The New Policy page is displayed where you can specify details to create a new policy. Alternatively, you can open a New Policy page by: ■ Right-clicking Policies in the Navigation tree and selecting New Policy from the context menu. ■ Selecting Policies in the Navigation tree and then choosing New Policy from the Actions menu. ■ Clicking the Create new Policy button in the Navigation tree toolbar. ■ Selecting the Create New Policy button from the Search Results toolbar. ■ Selecting New Policy from the Actions menu in Search Results. All fields in the Summary tab are pre-populated except Name and Description. When the New Policy page first appears, the default values for the new policy are as follows: ■ Policy Status : Active ■ Checkpoint : Pre-Authentication ■ Scoring Engine : Average ■ Weight : 100 After you create a new policy, you can add rules, trigger combinations, and user groups.