Creating Automated User Assignments

Automated User Assignments are assigned to Desktop Agent users based either on domain and group settings or Active Directory settings. The Automated User Assignment determines which Storage Location and Profile are assigned to the user.

To create a new Automated User Assignment

  1. On the DLO navigation bar, click Setup.

  2. In the selection pane, click Automated User Assignments.

  3. In the task pane, under Settings Tasks, click New user assignment.

  4. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    User assignment name

    Type a name for the Automated User Assignment. The Automated User Assignment name cannot contain the following characters: \"@#$%^&*()=+|/{}[]'

    Assign using Domain and Group

    Select this option to match Desktop Agent users to Automated User Assignments that are based on their domain and group.

    Domain

    Select the domain to which this Automated User Assignment applies.

    Group

    Select the group to which this Automated User Assignment applies.

    Assign Using Active Directory

    Select this option to match Desktop Agent users to Automated User Assignments that are based on Active Directory settings.

    Configure

    Click Configure to configure the User Assignment using Active Directory.

    See step 5 for information on configuring the Active Directory settings.

    Storage Location

    Select a Storage Location to be assigned to the users in the selected domain and group.

    Profile

    Select a profile to be assigned to the users in the selected domain and group.

  5. If you chose to use Active Directory to configure the User Assignment in step 4, configure the Active Directory settings as follows, and then click OK

    Object

    For Automated User Assignments, the only option is User.

    In LDAP Directory

    Type or browse to the LDAP directory.

    When selecting Active Directory user accounts, you must select the specific directory that holds the user accounts. Be sure not to select the user groups directory. Browse to or type the exact path of the specific user accounts directory for which you are creating this rule.

    Only the objects in this directory

    Select this option to apply the connection policy to all objects in the specified directory.

    Only the objects in this directory that match the criteria below

    Select this option to apply the connection policy only to those objects in the specified directory that match the criteria entered.

    Attributes

    Select an attribute from the drop-down menu or type a custom attribute.

    Condition

    Select the appropriate condition. Available options include =, <, <>, and >.

    Value

    Type a value to complete the criteria that is used to determine matches. Wildcards can be used to specify the value.

  6. Click OK.