Additional Information

This section contains information on additional attributes you can use to set up your provisioning policy.

Custom Attributes

To provision custom attributes you have created in the Okta system, add a matching attribute into the provisioning policy. For example, if you have the custom attributes; customAttr1 and customAttr2 on Okta and you need to provision them, you need to add customAttr1 and customAttr2 to the provisioning plan as well.

To add custom attributes, refer to Adding Attributes to Create Profile Page for Sources.

Account Status

The following table contains information on the status of created accounts:

Activate Checkbox

Password

Status on the Okta Managed System

Status on Identity Security Cloud Source

false

Provided/Not Provided

STAGED

Disabled

true

Not Provided

Pending user action

Enabled

true

Provided

PASSWORD_EXPIRED

Enabled

By default, the activate field value in 'Create Profile' section is true.

Account Status for Federation Provider

The following table contains information on the attributes used to configure a federation provider.

Activate Checkbox

Password

Provider Type

Status on the Okta Managed System

Status on Identity Security Cloud Source

Unchecked

Not Provided

FEDERATION/SOCIAL

STAGE

Disabled

Checked

Not Provided

FEDERATION/SOCIAL

ACTIVE

Enabled

Support to Recovery Question and Answer in Provisioning

The Okta source can provision a recovery question and answer along with an account in the Okta native system.

Add the following attributes in the Create Profile section in the Okta configuration interface for an Okta account.

Account Attribute

Generator

Description

recoveryQuestion

Disable

The recovery question for the user

recoveryAnswer

Disable

The answer for the recovery question

The following table contains information on the status of accounts.

Activate Checkbox

Password

Recovery Question and Answer

Status on the Okta Managed System

Status on Identity Security Cloud Source

Unchecked

Provided

Not provided

STAGED

Disabled

Checked

Not Provided

Provided

Pending user action

Enabled

Checked

Provided

Provided

ACTIVE

Enabled

Send Email Updates for Enable Account Provisioning Policy

When enabling a deprovisioned user, the system will not send an activation email to the user if the sendEmail attribute is set to false in the enable operation provisioning policy. The default value is true.

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Setting a Password in Permanent Mode

The Okta source supports the ability to set a password in Permanent mode while creating a new account. In the Okta system, in the Create Profile section, configure setPasswordInPermanentMode. Set the value to true for creation of an account in Active mode. It sets a password in Permanent mode for the newly created account. By default, an account is created in the PASSWORD_EXPIRED mode.