Adding the User Groups in the Identity Provider

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to add the User Groups in the Identity Provider

Add the User Groups in the Identity Provider

Ultimately, you want to create new users and assign roles to these users.

Before this can be done, there are important steps to create these user roles and make them available for selection during assignment.

Note

In IAS, user roles are called user groups.

Steps

  1. In the Identity Authentication Service, select the User Groups tile.

    Screenshot of the SAP Identity Authentication Service (Germany) interface. The Users & Authorizations section includes: User Management (6), User Groups (0), Administrators (0), Import Users (5), Export Users, Real-Time Provisioning (0), Schemas, Exclude Lists, and Identity Provisioning Service. The User Groups option is highlighted. The Applications & Resources section includes: Applications (3), Tenant Settings, Terms of Use Documents, Privacy Policy Documents, E-Mail Template Sets, Password Policies (2), and Custom CSS. The sidebar menu is on the left.
  2. In the screen, select Create. Create the groups based on the SAP Intelligent Agriculture documentation. For each user group, repeat the steps (as shown in the screenshot).

    Refer to the Identity Authentication Group Configuration for the required Group Names: SAP Help Portal: Setting up Authorization

    Screenshot of the Groups interface in SAP Identity Authentication Service. The top portion shows a search bar with Create and Import buttons; no data is listed. The bottom portion is the Create Group form, where fields include: Name (intagri_Data_Scientist), Display name (Data Scientist), and Description, which is empty. A Create button is highlighted, with a Cancel option available.
  3. Check the result. All the user groups maintained will show up in the screen.

    Screenshot of the Groups management interface in SAP Identity Authentication Service. The left side lists groups: Data Scientist, Farm Manager, Master Data Manager, Operations Planner, and Operator. Master Data Manager is selected. The right side displays details: Group ID, Name (intagri_Master_Data_Manager), Display Name (Master Data Manager), Type (User Group), and a list of users, which is empty. Options to Edit or Delete are at the top right.

    Video Summary

    This video demonstrates how to create user groups in the newly added Identity Provider. The tutorial begins with navigating to the User Groups Tile within the Identity Provider. Following this, the presenter selects 'Create' and creates user groups adhering to their documented guidelines. At the end the video shows the confirmation of the successful creation of user groups as per the provided documentation.

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