5.0 Creating Databases for Identity Governance and Components

Identity Governance, Identity Reporting, and the Workflow Engine require databases to function. You can allow the Identity Governance installer to create and populate these required databases or you can manually create and populate these databases. The Identity Governance installer also installs Identity Reporting and the Workflow Engine and it can create and populate the databases required for both.

Identity Governance requires multiple databases to function and Identity Reporting and the Workflow Engine requires a single database to function. You can have the Identity Governance installation program do most of the work of building these databases, adding the schema for each database, and creating tables and views or you can have a database administrator manually do this work. Your IT policies that specify who can modify and create databases should determine whether you allow the Identity Governance installer to create the databases, or whether your database administrator creates the databases.

Use the following information to understand how you can install the databases required for Identity Governance, Identity Reporting, and the Workflow Engine and what is required to get the databases installed properly.