Resource Admin is a powerful microservice application developed by EmpowerID. Designed to simplify resource management, it's equipped with a suite of features that work seamlessly together to provide a streamlined user experience.
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Currently, Resource Admin's scope is focused on applications, groups, Management Roles, people, mailboxes, and shared folders, with plans to expand to other resource types in future releases. |
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Navigating Resource Admin
When users log in to Resource Admin, they are presented with pages and controls that correspond to the access rights granted to their assigned roles. In the image below, the logged-in user can access the application and view all pages and controls. The Resource Admin application has dedicated pages for managing different resources. Each page has controls and workflows that help streamline the resource management process. In the following material, we will take a closer look at these pages and controls, giving you an overview of how they work, their usage, and the benefits they offer. By exploring these features, you will understand how to make the most of the Resource Admin for efficient resource management.
Upon logging in to Resource Admin, users encounter a user interface that is customized to their assigned roles and the access rights attached to those roles. Thus, the pages and controls that they can view align directly with their access levels. The below image shows what a typical user might see after logging in to the application. This image is specific to the Manage Applications page but contains controls common to all pages of the application. Below the image is a list of the controls
The Resource Admin application includes the following controls. You may not see all controls and menu options depending on your Depending on their level of access to Resource Admin and other EmpowerID applications, users may not see all controls and menu options.
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Application Sidebar | Allows you to navigate from Resource Admin to other EmpowerID applications.  | ||
Resource Panel | Provides a grid or card view of the resources you ownusers can manage. Each record has a Details button for accessing more information about the resource and a Wizard workflow button for managing the resource.  For example, clicking the Details button for a group opens to the Overview page for the group with tabs and buttons for viewing additional information about the group and performing actions against the groupit. The below image shows the Overview page for a group.  | ||
Workflows Page | Provides a list of workflows users can initiate against the selected resource type. The below image shows workflows that can be initiated against groups. Users must have access to the page and the right to initiate the workflows to see them.
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Filter Pane | Provides filters to selectively filter the resources you see. Filters are listed below. | ||
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Owned By | This filter provides users with options to view resources based on ownership. Options include:
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Azure Applications Only | This filter shows only Azure applications, simplifying the view for users managing Azure-based resources. This filter appears for applications only. | ||
Target System | This filter enables users to view applications and groups based on the selected Account Store Type and/or Account Store.
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Applications | This filter shows groups or roles that can be requested for a specific application. This filter appears only for groups and Management Roles. | ||
Location | This filter shows groups or roles belonging to the specified location. | ||
Business Functions | This filter shows groups and roles according to their Business Functions. This filter appears only for groups and Management Roles.
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Rights | Filters available groups and roles by external system rights granted to those resources. This filter appears only for groups and Management Roles. | ||
UNC Path | Filters shared folders by the specified UNC path. | ||
Advanced Search | Provides advanced search capabilities to further filter resources. | ||
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Subcomponents
Resource Admin , is a pre-configured EmpowerID microservice application , that consists of multiple protected application subcomponents. These serve as functional units of the microservice and constitute the individual pages and controls users interact with. Each subcomponent is , in essence, essentially an independent application, allowing its access to be customized for users via their Access Level assignments. This design adds to the customization possibilitiesmakes the microservice easily customizable, with options to add or remove subcomponents directly from the EmpowerID Web interface.
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