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Page created: 25 Jan 2022 |
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PingOne allows you to organize users into populations to simplify user and policy management.

Click the appropriate tab for instructions on:

  • Viewing your existing populations and their details
  • Adding a new population
  • Making changes to a population
  • Deleting an unused population

Viewing populations

Page created: 30 Sep 2021 |
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Use the Populations page to view populations in PingOne.

  1. Go to Identities > Populations.
  2. Locate and select the population you want to view. You can browse or search for populations.

    The population details page shows the following:

    • Name: A label for the population.
    • Description: (Optional) A brief characterization of the population.
    • Population ID: A unique identifier for the population.

      Click the Copy button to copy the population ID to the clipboard.

    • Password Policy: The password policy assigned to the population. Click the tile to go to the Password policy page.
    • All Users: The number of users currently in the population. Click the tile to go to the Users page.
    • All Groups: The number of groups in the population. Click the tile to go to the Groups page.
    To edit a population, click the pencil icon. For more information, see Editing a population.

Adding a population

Page created: 28 Nov 2022 |
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To use the Populations page to add a population to PingOne:

  1. Go to Identities > Populations.
  2. Click the + icon to add a population.
  3. Enter the following:
    • Name – A unique label for the population.
    • Description (Optional) – A brief characterization of the population.
    • Password Policy (Optional) – The password policy enforced for users in the population.
      Note:

      If no policy is selected, the default policy is used.

    • Make default population– Specify the current population as the default population. Users created without a specified population are added to the default population.
      Note:

      If you are changing the default population, PingOne displays a confirmation message. Click the Switch button to confirm.

  4. Click Save.

Editing a population

Page created: 30 Sep 2021 |
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Use the Populations page to edit an existing population.

  1. Go to Identities > Populations.
  2. Locate the population you want to edit. You can browse or search for populations.
  3. Click the population entry to open the details panel, and then click the pencil icon.
  4. Enter or edit the following:
    • Name: A unique label for the population.
    • Description: (Optional) A brief characterization of the population.
    • Password Policy: (Optional) The password policy enforced for users in the population.
      Note:

      If no policy is selected, the default policy is used.

    • Make default population: Specify the current population as the default population. Users created without a specified population will be added to the default population.
      Note:

      If you are changing the defalt population, PingOne will show a confirmation message. Click the Switch button to confirm.

  5. Click Save.

Deleting a population

Page created: 28 Nov 2022 |
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  • To delete a population, you must have the Environment Admin role.
  • Before you can delete a population, you must remove all identities from it.

To use the Populations page to remove populations that you no longer need:

  1. Go to Identities > Populations.
  2. Locate and select the population that you want to delete by browsing or searching.
  3. Click the entry to open the details panel.
  4. Click the Options menu (three dots), and then click Delete.
  5. Click Delete to confirm.