Creating an EIM identifier

To create an EIM identifier, you must be connected to the Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) domain in which you want to work and you must have EIM access control as either Identifier administrator or EIM administrator.

To create an EIM identifier for a person or entity in your enterprise, complete these steps:

Expand Network > Enterprise Identity Mapping > Domain Management.
Select the EIM domain in which you want to work.
- If the EIM domain you want to work with is not listed under Domain Management, review Adding an EIM domain to the Domain Management folder.
- If you are not currently connected to the EIM domain in which you want to work, review Connecting to an EIM domain.
Expand the EIM domain to which you are connected.
Right-click Identifiers, and select New identifier.
In the New EIM Identifier dialog, provide information about the EIM identifier, as follows:
1. A name for the identifier.
2. Whether to have the system generate a unique name, if necessary.
3. A description of the identifier.
4. One or more aliases for the identifier, if necessary.
Click Help, if necessary, to determine what information to specify for each field.
After you enter the required information, click OK to create the EIM identifier.

Note: If you create a large number of EIM identifiers, it sometimes takes a long time before the list of identifiers displays when you expand the Identifiers folder. To improve performance when you have a large number of EIM identifiers, review Customizing the EIM identifiers view.