Differences between OA 11i and R12 on User Management

Question

Hi All,
Please give some details about differences between OA 11i and R12 on User Management (Role Responsibilities and Role Based Access Control,etc).
Please advise me on this regard.
Moreover,I don't have any Metalink username and Password.
Thanks

Answer 1

New features introduced for User Management (UMX) in R12
The following are the new features introduced in R12 for User Management (UMX):
1)Proxy User:
This new functionality:
· Provides the delegator the ability to grant/revoke the proxy privilege to individuals
· Provide a mechanism throughout the application’s framework where the user can access the proxy switcher feature
· Provide a mechanism throughout the application’s framework which indicates to the user that they are acting as a proxy
· Provide the ability to track the delegate’s actions within the system, while the delegate is acting on behalf of the delegator (Audit)
Benefits of Proxy User:
Ability to delegate proxy authority provides great security controls and Granular control of proxy authority is provided i.e delegate authority can be specified for date ranges
2) ICM (Separation of Duties – SoD) Integration
Oracle User Management is integrated with Oracle Internal Controls Manager (ICM) for the prevention, detection, enforcement, and resolution of separation-of-duties constraints during the assignment of roles by administrators to users.
For example, a constraint (created using a set of ICM UIs) can be defined such that no user is allowed to have "Role A" and "Role B" at the same time. In such a case, anadministrator attempting to assign Role B to a user who already has Role A will be presented with a dialog page displaying the constraint violation information.
At this point, the administrator can take one of two actions:
• Go back to the role assignment page and remove the assignment that is causing the
violation.
• Override the constraint violation, if he has the "AMW: Allow SOD Violation
Override" permission granted to him.
With this permission, the administrator will see Apply and Cancel buttons on the constraint violation dialog page. Clicking Apply will override the constraint, and assign Role B to the user despite the warning. Clicking Cancel will cancel the save operation without granting Role B to the user.
UMX integration with ICM is enabled according to the setting of site-level profile option "UMX: Enable ICM Validation". The default value is "Yes".
3) Enhanced Forget Username/Password Functionality
Forgot Username Functionality is Introduced in R12 along with Forgot Password. So now Users can query on either lost “username” or lost “password” Users should enter email address if lost username and enter username if lost password
Users can now aslo reset username as part of email address verification instead of a two step process.
4)New Registration Process Type for Administrator Role Assignment
New Registration Process Type is introduced for type “Administrator Assisted Additional Access”
Different policies (registration processes) can be used as administrative actions vs. self service requests for
· Approval Routing
· UI
· Notifications
· Business Logic
Simpler registration processes can be created for self-service and administrator flavors
Support for alternative approvals for administrator role assignment is also introduced.
5) Security Wizard Infrastructure
a)Security Wizard Infrastructure
· Infrastructure for product teams to create their own security wizards in context of a role.
· Product teams can create their wizards and seed relevant information
· These wizards appear in list of security wizards available to the administrator when creating/updating role information
b)New User Interface for Delegated Administration
· Existing functionality(11.5.10) of delegated administration setup implemented using wizard infrastructure
· Wizard guides the user through what options they can set for a delegated administration
6) Search Enhancement for List of Value’s (LOV)
Search Enhancements has been made in LOV’s in User management.
a) All LOVs in User Management (UMX) are now searchable by
· Role
· Responsibility
· Both
· Internal Code
b)A type included in the results – to differentiate roles and responsibilities