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External Tasks for Application Functions

An external task does the following:

• Allows an administrator to perform a function in an application other than CA Identity Manager from the User Console
• Optionally passes information to the application to generate user-, group-, or organization-specific tasks.

For example, an external task may pass information about an organization to an application that generates purchase orders. The administrator performing the task can view open purchase orders for the organization from the User Console.

You can view external tasks by opening the application in a new browser window, or by viewing them as tabs in a CA Identity Manager admin task.

Two tabs are available for External tasks. These tabs are configured in the same way; however, they function differently.

• The External tab is a visual tab, which means that the task displays the contents of the URL within a tab.
• External URL is a non-visual tab, which means that the task redirects to the URL entered.

More information:

The External Tab

The External URL Tab