Editing an Application's Configuration in the Application XML

The majority of the options you will use to create and configure an application are available in IdentityIQ's UI. Each configured application is stored in IdentityIQ as an application object. These objects can be viewed in the Debug pages, and they can be exported for modification and testing, then imported to implement these changes in your production environment. Only users with system administrator or similar elevated rights in IdentityIQ have access to the Debug pages.

In some limited cases, specific behaviors for certain connectors can only be configured by editing the application's XML. Where these occur, they are described in the specific connector guides. For more information about specific connectors, refer to the IdentityIQ Connectors documentation on SailPoint's documentation portal.

Important: 
Use caution when editing application objects in the Debug pages, as there is no mechanism in the Debug pages for rolling back changes once they have been saved. It is a best practice to export the application object, edit the XML outside of IdentityIQ, and then import the updated object to a test environment for validation before importing into your production instance. This also allows you to manage your application changes in a source control system, to facilitate rollback.

For modifying a single application, the iiq console checkout command is preferable to the export command, because checkout lets you write a copy of a single object, whereas export will write all objects of the class you specify. For more information, see IdentityIQ Console.

Only users with system administrator or similar elevated rights in IdentityIQ have access to the Debug pages.

To access an application object in the Debug pages:

  1. In the IdentityIQ menu, select the wrench icon > Object.

  2. In the Object Browser, select the Application object.

  3. The configured applications are listed alphabetically. Scroll or use the search box to locate the application object.

  4. Double-click the object to open the application XML.