Self service - request for groups - OIM

Question

I would like to allow end-user to request groups from end-user interface?
I would appreciate your guidance...
Out of the box only resources are available for request.

Answer 1

I can suggest you one approach to meet this req.
1. Create a scheduler which will fetch all groups(findGroups()) in OIM and write the result to Lookup, say Lookup.OIM.Groups
2. Create a Process Form with a a field as Groups and make the field type as lookup type and attach the lookup Lookup.OIM.Groups to this field.
3. Create an adapter which would use addMemberUser() in groupOperations and adds the user to specific group.
4. Create a RO, say "Provision Groups" then create a Process Def and attach the above created adapter to process task, say "Add User to OIM group".
Have an approval process in place which allows users to select a group and request for approval. Once approval completes the task "Add User to OIM group" gets called which adds the user to specific group.
It would be better if you show Groups field in child form which allows user to add more groups.
This is one approach which i can think of as of now.
lets see what experts say..