Transferring a business unit
Administrators can transfer a business unit in an organization tree.
We can transfer a business unit to an existing business unit that is under the same organization root. Optionally, you can also create a new business unit and then transfer an existing business unit for people and roles. Following are a few restrictions for business unit transfer activity:
- Business unit cannot be transferred across different organization hierarchy.
- Business unit that contains objects that are related to services and policies cannot be transferred.
- Business unit that contains customized Access Control Item (ACI), cannot be transferred.
- Business unit to be transferred must contain an ACI granted for the Modify operation.
- Business unit cannot be transferred to a child of original business unit to be transferred.
- Business unit that contains a subtree, cannot be transferred.
IBM Security Identity Manager validates that the selected business unit to transfer contains only people and roles data. Any other objects other than people and roles cannot be transferred. An error message is displayed if any other objects such as services, policies, or its subtree business units are the part of business unit that is selected to transfer. Follow the steps to transfer a business unit for people and roles.
- From the navigation tree, select Manage Organization Structure.
- Click the icon next to the node, and then click Transfer.
- Search and then select the organization container to which to transfer the business unit and then click OK.
- On the Confirmation page, select the schedule for transfer, and then click Transfer.
- Business unit transfer activity completion might take a long time
We might encounter slow performance during transfer of business unit activity. To improve performance, you can implement the following solutions.Parent topic: Organization administration