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You can use Query-Based Collections of EmpowerID person objects as an RBAC Actor type (like Groups or Management Roles) to assign any type of access, policies for provisioning, attribute assignment, password policies, etc. Think of Query-Based Collections as a type of RBAC-protected resource for which you can delegate creation and management permissions.
Sets
SQL-Based Sets are SQL queries that you can base on any information in the Identity Warehouse. Like code-based Sets, you can use SQL-based Sets to create collections of People or any other type of resource. SQL-based Sets are created within the EmpowerID user interface.
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a list of customers from an external database with
a unique identifier, such as a Customer ID, that matches the identifier to EmpowerID Person objects with
a specific status, such as "gold-level customers,"
for the purpose of granting resources based on that status.
Set Groups
Set Groups are logical groupings of Sets bundled together with a friendly name for resource management, such as "Engineers in Basel" or "High Security SharePoint Documents."
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