Custom injection variables
You can use labels to define the attributes and passwords that custom injection variables represent. For example, you can keep the default label "Password Variable 1" or change it to a descriptive label such as "VPN password." When you create or update a user account, labels are used as field names and you specify the appropriate values for the custom injection variables that your organization uses. All user accounts support custom injection variables, including administrator user accounts.
Custom injection variables support either text values or masked text values. For security reasons, you should use custom injection variables that support masked text values to represent passwords.
You can use the following custom injection variables in BES10 Cloud:
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Variable name |
Description |
|---|---|
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%custom1%, %custom2%, %custom3%, %custom4%, %custom5% |
You can use up to five different variables for attributes that you define (text values). |
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%custom_pswd1%, %custom_pswd2%, %custom_pswd3%, %custom_pswd4%, %custom_pswd5% |
You can use up to five different variables for passwords that you define (masked text values). |
Define custom injection variables
To define the attributes and passwords that custom injection variables represent, you can change the default labels to labels that you specify.
- On the menu bar, click Settings.
- In the left pane, click General settings > Custom variables.
- Verify that the Show custom variables when adding or editing a user check box is selected.
- Update the label for each custom injection variable that you plan to use. The labels are used as field names in the Custom variables section when you create or update a user account.
- Click Save.
Using custom injection variables
After you define custom injection variables, you must specify the appropriate values when you create or update a user account. You can then use custom injection variables in the same way as default injection variables. You specify the variable name when you create profiles or customize compliance notifications and activation email messages.
Example: Using the same VPN profile for several users who have their own VPN passwords
In the following example, "VPN password" is the label that you specified for the %custom_pswd1% variable and it's used as a field name in the Custom variables section when you update a user account.
- Search for a user account.
- In the search results, click the name of a user account.
- Click the edit icon.
- Expand Custom variables.
- In the VPN password field, type a user's VPN password.
- Click Save.
- Repeat steps 1 to 6 for each user that will use the VPN profile.
- When you create the VPN profile, type %custom_pswd1% in the Password field.