Certification campaigns GUI configuration

Last modified 30 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC
Access certification feature
This page describes configuration of Access certification midPoint feature. Please see the feature page for more details.

This section describes options for configuration of certification campaigns in the GUI.

There are several facets which you can configure regarding certification campaigns in the GUI:

Page Description

Columns configuration

This article shows how you can configure columns in GUI for your certification items collection view.

GUI action configuration

This article explains the different certification actions that reviewers can use in the midPoint graphical user interface.

Dashboard widget

This article shows an example of a certification dashboard widget to be displayed on the self-service dashboard page.

Collection views for certification items configuration

The GUI configuration of certification campaign screens are defined in the midPoint-wide System configuration object. The root of all such configuration is a default collection view for certification items.

Certification items collection view brings more extended configuration options. The default certification items collection view are configured in systemConfiguration → accessCertification → defaultView. The collection view configuration should define the identifier and type. Collection views can also contain columns and actions configuration.

            <defaultView>
                <identifier>defaultCertItemsView</identifier>
                <column>
                    <name>certItemObject</name>
                    <display>
                        <label>Cert. item object</label>
                    </display>
                </column>
                <column>
                    <name>stage</name>
                    <path>stageNumber</path>
                    <display>
                        <label>Stage</label>
                    </display>
                </column>
                <column>
                    <name>certItemEditableComment</name>
                </column>
                <includeDefaultColumns>true</includeDefaultColumns>
                <type>AccessCertificationWorkItemType</type>
                <action>
                    <identifier>certItemAccept</identifier>
                    <panel>
                        <display>
                            <label>Do you really want to accept the item?</label>
                        </display>
                        <container>
                            <identifier>comment</identifier>
                            <display>
                                <label>Please, provide a comment (required).</label>
                            </display>
                            <item>
                                <path>output/comment</path>
                                <mandatory>true</mandatory>
                            </item>
                        </container>
                        <type>AccessCertificationWorkItemType</type>
                    </panel>
                </action>
            </defaultView>

Refer to GUI action configuration to learn more about actions configuration. Refer to Predefined columns configuration to learn more about columns configuration.

You can also define object collection view configuration within the access certification definition (view element). This configuration will be merged with the global configuration and applied to all campaigns based on the particular definition.

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