20.4 Requesting Role Assignment Attestation Processes

The Request Role Assignment Attestation Process action lets you initiate an attestation process to verify the accuracy of assignments for selected roles. It also gives you the option to save the details associated with an attestation request (such as parameter and form values) as a pre-filled form for later requests.

When you initiate a role assignment attestation process, the User Application generates a set of localized reports for the attesters to review.

The attesters do not need to have rights for the selected roles to review the reports. If an attester selected for a role assignment attestation process does not have rights to view a particular role, the User Application still allows the attester to view the report showing the role assignments.

The report generated for a role assignment attestation process shows the users assigned to the selected roles. Only roles that have assignments are included in the report.

To initiate a role assignment attestation process:

  1. Click Request Role Assignment Attestation Process in the list of Attestation Requests actions.

    The User Application displays a page that lets you specify details about the attestation process.

  2. If you want to use the details from a previously saved request as the basis for this request, click Use a Saved Request. For more information, see Section 19.6.7, Using a Saved Request.

  3. Specify the display label and description for the request. For more information, see Section 19.6.1, Specifying the Label and Description for a Request.

  4. In the Verify Assignments For box, select the roles whose assignments will be verified, as follows:

    1. To include all existing roles, select the All Roles button.

    2. To choose the roles individually, select the Select Roles button.

      Use the Object Selector or the Show History tool to select each role. In the Object Selector, you can include multiple roles by clicking the checkbox for each item, and clicking Select.

      For details on using the Object Selector and Show History tools, see Section 1.4.4, Common User Actions.

      You must select at least one role to launch an attestation process. However, you are not required to select a role to save a request.

  5. In the Attesters field, specify which users, groups, and roles will be attesters for the attestation process. For details, see Section 19.6.2, Defining the Attesters.

    You must select at least one user, group, or role as an attester to launch an attestation process. However, you are not required to select an attester to save a request.

  6. Specify the deadline for the attestation process. For more information, see Section 19.6.3, Specifying the Deadline.

  7. In the Report Languages field, click the Add Language button to specify which languages you would like to use for the reports generated for the attestation process. Select the default locale in the Default Locale dropdown list. Then, pick the languages you want to include and click OK.

    When you initiate a role assignment attestation process, the User Application generates a set of localized reports for the attesters to review. These reports provide the same data in one or more languages. They are generated at the time the request is submitted to ensure all of the attesters are reviewing the same set of data. You can specify the set of report languages that will be generated and stored for the attestation process. When an attester selects an attestation task for review, the system displays the localized report that matches the attester's preferred locale (or browser locale, if the user does not have a preferred locale). If no report exists for that locale, the User Application displays the report that uses the default locale.

  8. Define the details of the attestation form. For more information, see Section 19.6.4, Defining the Attestation Form.

  9. Submit the request. For more information, see Section 19.6.5, Submitting an Attestation Request.

  10. Optionally click Save Request Details to save the details associated with an attestation process request (such as parameter and form values) for later use. For more information, see Section 19.6.6, Saving Request Details.