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Deactivate user

  • Parental leave

  • Leave of absence

  • Need to temporarily deactivate the user

This article describes how an operator temporarily deactivates a user in Smart ID Identity Manager. Read more here: Smart ID Workforce use cases

The user's relations to credentials are kept but the user's roles are withdrawn.

Prerequisites
  • The user must be in state "active"

  • All roles will be withdrawn. If the user is reactivated later, the user will only get the default role. See Reactivate user.

  • Add reasons for deactivation in Identity Manager Admin. The reasons will be shown in a drop-down list in Identity Manager Operator, see Create reason.

Step-by-step instruction for the operator

Log in to Identity Manager Operator
  1. Log in to Identity Manager Operator with your user account. 


Deactivate user
  1. In the Quick search drop-down list, select User. (Or go to the Search page to find the user)

  2. . Search for the user that shall be deactivated. User data is shown in read-only mode.

    To cancel the process, see "Cancel the process" below.


  3. Click Deactivate user.

  4. In the Reason drop -down list, select the reason for deactivation. The user's active related credentials gets inactive or locked. See "Use case details" below.

  5. Click Next to deactivate the user. The user will not be notified by email after the deactivation.

    Depending on the configuration, there can be options added to the use case, see "Options" below.



Cancel the process

To cancel the process:

  • Click Cancel to close the process.

  • Click Next to proceed with the process.

Use case details

Overview and technical details


Use case description

As an operator I want to deactivate a user in Identity Manager

Outcome

  • End state for user = "inactive"

  • End state for related credentials = "inactive"/"locked", see details below

  • End state for related certificates = "on hold"/"revoked", see details below

  • The relation from user to credentials still exists 

  • All roles for the user are withdrawn

Related credentials

Credentials - end state

Certificates - end state

Card and related certificates

inactive

on hold

Temporary card and related certificates

locked

revoked

Virtual smart card and related certificates

inactive

on hold

Mobile ID and related certificates

inactive

on hold

Soft token and related certificates

inactive

on hold


Symbolic name

UsersProcDeactivate

Process name

Deactivate user

Component

Identity Manager Operator

Required user state

Active

Process start

On the user profile>Deactivate user


Options

About the options

The options are configured by the administrator via a script in Identity Manager Admin and can be used by the operator and self-service user.

The script already exists with default values, so you only need to change the values as needed, not create the script.



Add an approval step

Option: Add an approval step

Additional information

Useful links