Impersonate

Customisable object selector.

Introduction

The Impersonate selector is responsible for presenting a list of objects (in a grid) for the user to select from.

The Impersonate selector completes when the user has selected an option.

Can be nestled with other authenticators, selectors and chains.

Configuration

Authenticator type: Impersonate

Common Authenticator configuration can be found here.

Properties

Name	Description	Default	Mandatory
pipe_id	Reference to the pipe responsible for collecting the data to be presented in the grid.	N/A
identifier_attribute	What attribute serves as the selected identifier.	"sAMAccountName"
selected_id_parameter	Name of attribute where selected identifier will be put.	"object_id"
include_self	If the authenticated user should be a selectable option. Enables the 'Login as myself' button.	false
show_filtering	Enable filtering in UI.	true
values	See Values below.	N/A
exec_if	An expression that determins if this authenicator should be executed or not. If left unconfigured, the authenticator will execute.	N/A
auto_select	Automatic selection if only one option is available.	false
webroot_dir	See common authenticator configuration	web/authenticator/impersonate_selector
custom_identifier	Tag used for event separation	N/A

Example 1

Example 2

Values

The values array represents the columns to be shown in the grid.

Properties

Name	Description	Default	Mandatory
key	Item parameter. The value will be presented in the column for each object.
label	Column label translation key.

Example

Data exposed to global state

When a value is selected, the Impersonate authenticator is marked as done and populates the configured selected_id_parameter property with the identifier value obtained from the selection.

Logging

WEB_100040("Impersonate selector completed")

• IDENTIFIER (user trace id)

• CUSTOMER_IDENTIFIER (if configured)

• SOURCE_USER_NAME (id of selected object if anything selected, pipe not empty)

• SOURCE_ADDRESS (ip of the remote session)

• AUTHENTICATOR_ID (id + display_name of authenticator)

WEB_100041("Impersonate selector completed - self selected")

• IDENTIFIER (user trace id)

• CUSTOMER_IDENTIFIER (if configured)

• SOURCE_ADDRESS (ip of the remote session)

• AUTHENTICATOR_ID (id + display_name of authenticator)

API

API follows the general conventions of the Fortified Web Authenticator API.

Messages

Selector authenticators supports the following messages:

Init (request+response)

Init message must be sent before/during the view is loading. Response contains the options that should be presented to the user.

Init may be called while authenticator is in progress under the following circumstances:

• Callback from selected authenticator

• Browser reload (user refreshes page)

• Browser back (user cancels selected authenticator and navigates back)

Request

{
  "type" : "init",
  "data" : {}
}

Response

Errors

Action (request+response)

The action message is used for selecting an option. This message is triggered by a user action.

Request

{
  "type" : "action",
  "data" : {
    "selected" : "<option-id>"
  }
}

Response

Errors

Complete (response)

The complete response message is sent when the authentication has completed. If message contains a location property; view must redirect user agent to the supplied location.

Response

{
  "type" : "complete",
  "success" : true,
  "data" : { 
    "location" : "<next-location>"
  }
}

Translation keys

Default translations provided:

English, assets/locales/en.json

{
  "impersonate_selector.header": "Choose",
  "impersonate_selector.paragraph": "Choose a user to impersonate",
  "impersonate_selector.label1": "Label 1",
  "impersonate_selector.label2": "Label 2",
  "impersonate_selector.label3": "Label 3",
  "impersonate_selector.label4": "Label 4",
  "impersonate_selector.label5": "Label 5",
  "impersonate_selector.label6": "Label 6",
  "impersonate_selector.label7": "Label 7",
  "impersonate_selector.label8": "Label 8",
  "impersonate_selector.label9": "Label 9",
  "impersonate_selector.label10": "Label 10",
  "impersonate_selector.error": "An error occured",
  "impersonate_selector.cancel": "Cancel",
  "impersonate_selector.self_button": "Login as myself",
  "allow-cookies-body": "To save your language settings on this device you need to approve a language cookie.",
  "allow-cookies-button": "Approve language cookie",
  "authentication.help_text": "",
  "table.page": "Page {{pageIndex}} of {{pageCount}}",
  "change_language": ""
}

Swedish, assets/locales/sv.json

{
  "impersonate_selector.header": "Välj",
  "impersonate_selector.paragraph": "Välj en användare att logga in som",
  "impersonate_selector.label1": "Rubrik 1",
  "impersonate_selector.label2": "Rubrik 2",
  "impersonate_selector.label3": "Rubrik 3",
  "impersonate_selector.label4": "Rubrik 4",
  "impersonate_selector.label5": "Rubrik 5",
  "impersonate_selector.label6": "Rubrik 6",
  "impersonate_selector.label7": "Rubrik 7",
  "impersonate_selector.label8": "Rubrik 8",
  "impersonate_selector.label9": "Rubrik 9",
  "impersonate_selector.label10": "Rubrik 10",
  "impersonate_selector.error": "Ett fel har inträffat",
  "impersonate_selector.cancel": "Avbryt",
  "impersonate_selector.self_button": "Logga in som mig själv",
  "allow-cookies-body": "Vill du spara dina språkinställningar på denna enhet behövs ett godkännande av  språk-cookie.",
  "allow-cookies-button": "Godkänn språk-cookie",
  "table.page": "Sida {{pageIndex}} av {{pageCount}}",
  "authentication.help_text": "",
  "change_language": ""
}