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Identity refresh workflow

How the identity refresh process recalculates identities, triggers lifecycle events and applies role and policy changes.

Quick answer

How the identity refresh process recalculates identities, triggers lifecycle events and applies role and policy changes.

Key takeaways
  • Refresh recalculates roles, entitlements, policies and managers
  • It detects changes and fires lifecycle events
  • Options control exactly what is processed
  • Partition and schedule refresh for large populations

What refresh does

The Identity Refresh task recalculates each identity: it re-evaluates roles, entitlements, policies, and manager relationships, keeping the Identity Cube accurate.

Refresh and lifecycle events

Refresh detects attribute changes and fires lifecycle events, which launch the workflows that provision or deprovision access.

Refresh options

You choose what to process: correlate accounts, refresh role assignments, run policies, process events, and promote managed attributes.

Performance

On large populations, refresh is partitioned and scheduled off-hours. Only enable the options you need to keep run time reasonable.

Practice challenge

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What keeps the Identity Cube accurate over time?

Frequently asked questions

What does the term Identity Refresh Workflow refer to in SailPoint?
The Identity Refresh task recalculates each identity: it re-evaluates roles, entitlements, policies, and manager relationships, keeping the Identity Cube accurate.
What is another point to note about Identity Refresh Workflow?
Refresh detects attribute changes and fires lifecycle events, which launch the workflows that provision or deprovision access.
What else is worth knowing about Identity Refresh Workflow?
On large populations, refresh is partitioned and scheduled off-hours.
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