Okta User provisioning

Provision and de-provision users in Currents using Okta

Supported features

  • Create users:

    • Creates new users in Currents when assigned to the Okta app.

    • Users won't appear in the Currents team member list until they login.

  • Update user attributes:

    • Currents accepts name updates for users.

  • Deactivate users:

    • Prevent the user from logging into Currents

    • Deactivated users are removed from the Currents team member list.

  • Import users:

    • Link your existing Currents users to their Okta profile.

For more information on the listed features, visit the Okta Glossaryarrow-up-right.

Requirements

Provisioning is available for customers with an active subscription.

In order to setup provisioning you first need to:

  • Reach out to the Current support team to have provisioning enabled for your organization.

Please follow the guide below to enable the provisioning integration.

Configuration Steps

In Currents

  • Login as an Admin and navigate to the Manage Team page.

Navigate to Manage Team page
  • Click the Show SCIMv2 Details button in the DOMAIN ACCESS & SSO section of the page.

Getting the SCIM details from the Manage Team page
  • The Endpoint and Token details will be needed to configure Okta.

In Okta

  • Navigate to the existing Currents SAML app in Okta: Applications > Applications. Click on the Currents SAML app.

Navigating to the Currents Okta App
  • Select the Provisioning tab and click Configure API Integration.

Configure API Integration
  • Check the Enable API Integration box. Then provide the Base URL (Endpoint) and API Token information from Currents.

  • Click Test API Credentials and verify everything is working. Click Save.

Configure and Test the API Credentials
  • Still on the Provisioning tab, click To App in the left Settings panel and then Edit in the top right.

Edit App Provisioning Settings
  • Enable all the supported actions and Click save.

Enable and Save all actions
  • Ensure that the Application username format is set to Email. This is found in the Sign On tab, under Credentials Details.

Application username format set to Email
  • Navigate to the Import tab and click the Import Now button to find your existing Currents accounts

Import Users
  • Review the matched assignments. Use the checkboxes on the right to select all those that look correct, and click the Confirm Assignments button to confirm those imported users.

Confirm Assignments
  • You can now update user assignments from the Assignments tab to manage who has access to Currents.

Assignments Tab

Known Issues/Troubleshooting

Unsupported Features

The Currents Okta app does not support the following Okta features:

  • Import groups

  • Group push

  • Sync password

  • Profile sourcing

Limited profile attributes updates

Currents does not accept updates to the following attributes:

  • userType - changing a user's role is only supported from the Currents team member dashboard

  • userName - the mapped userName must match the primary email

  • email - the primary email cannot be changed

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