In RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle, duplicate entries are created when a user switches between two Identity Data Collectors multiple times

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Article Number

000037852

Applies To

RSA Product Set: Identity Governance & Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.2,7.1.0,7.1.1
 

Issue

In RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle, when a user is switched between two Identity Data Collectors (IDCs) multiple times, it creates duplicate entries for the user.

The example below illustrates this issue.

• There are two IDCs: ActiveUsers and DeletedUsers. When a user is terminated, they are moved to the DeletedUsers data source. If they are reactivated, they are moved back to the ActiveUsers data source.

 

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• Source Data for the ActiveUsers IDC:

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• Source Data for the DeletedUsers IDC:

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• After the first Collection, there is one entry for user Sunshine, Melody which is expected.

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• User Sunshine, Melody is terminated and moved to the DeletedUsers data source:

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• After the second collection, there is one entry for Sunshine, Melody as expected. This user is terminated:

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• Next the user is reinstated by adding them back to the ActiveUsers data source and removing the entry from the DeletedUsers data source. 

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• After the third collection, there is one entry for user Sunshine, Melody showing the user is no longer terminated. This is as expected.

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• The user is subsequently terminated again for the second time and the user record is moved to DeletedUsers:

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• After the fourth collection, a second identity is created for user Sunshine, Melody. This behavior is not expected and is a defect.

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Cause

When a user is switched between two IDCs multiple times, the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle application code does not picking up the that fact that the IDC was previously linked to a unified user.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in the following RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle patches:

• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 P15
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1.0 P08
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1.1 P03