Policy

Policies are configurations for specific entities or components of nevisIDM. The name of the policy, the type, and whether it is the default policy, are stored in the table TIDMA_POLICY_CONFIGURATION. The parameters and values for the policy's configuration are stored in the table TIDMA_POLICY_PARAMETER.

A detailed description of the policy types and the configuration parameters they offer can be found in Facing of web GUI design.

Table TIDMA_POLICY_CONFIGURATION

DB attribute	Java data type (max. size), defaults	Description
client_id	Long, not NULL	Defines the client the policy belongs to. Foreign key that links to information in the table TIDMA_CLIENT.
default_policy	Boolean, not NULL	Defines whether the policy is the default policy of its type for the underlying client.
description	String(1000), nullable
extid	String(50), not NULL	External identifier
name	String(100), not NULL	The name of the policy. It has to be unique among all policies of a client.
policy_configuration_id	Long, not NULL	Primary key (uniquely identifies each individual DB entry)
policy_type	String(50), not NULL	The type of the policy, for example, password policy or certificate policy.

Table TIDMA_POLICY_PARAMETER

DB attribute	Java data type (max. size), defaults	Description
name	String(200), not NULL	The name of the policy parameter.
policy_configuration_id	Long, not NULL	Defines the policy this policy parameter belongs to. Foreign key that links to information in the table TIDMA_POLICY_CONFIGURATION.
policy_parameter_id	Long, not NULL	Primary key (uniquely identifies each individual DB entry)
precedence	Integer, not NULL	Determines the order in which the policy parameters are displayed on the GUI.
value	String(255), not NULL	The value of the policy parameter.