Attribute to lock Portal UME user

Question

Hi SAP Expert,
Does anyone know the attribute for locking UME user id in Portal Batch Import?
I am trying to use 'Portal batch import' to mass lock portal users, that is by importing a batch file with corresponding uid. I search up and down and couldn't find the attribute that responsible for the lock status in portal.
Have anyone experience a similar issue and know where to look for the lock attribute label?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Jim,
It sounds like you already have a text list of  users, who have left the company and the list is too long to easily search for each individual user and lock them.
One thing you could do is the following:
1. Create a group called temporary.
2. Add this group to all the users as follows:
[user]
uid=john.doe
last_name=doe
group=temporary
If your SAP NetWeaver system is 7.0 or earlier, this removes all other group assignments from these users! If you have SAP NetWeaver 7.1, you can use the following syntax:
group=+temporary
. This add the gorup assignment without removing the others.
3. Start identity management and display all users who are members of this group.
4. From the Table selection menu, choose Select All.
5. Choose Lock.
6. Enter the reason for the lock.
7. Choose Lock.
This seems to be a rather roundabout way to achieve your goal. Unless you are talking about thousands of users, it still might be easier to lock each user by hand:
1. Start identity management.
2. Copy the user name into the search field.
3. Search.
4. Select.
5. Lock.
Repetitive, but not nearly as destructive.
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management offers additional functions, enabling you to trigger the locking of users automatically and removing all authorizations, say if your HR system changed the users status. But it does not sound like you have that option right now.
-Michael