About the Discovery Process

The discovery process is triggered either by the creation of a new Policy Orchestration Point (POP) or when you click Discover Now. During the initial discovery, the POP connects to the third-party vendor and discovers the objects on the vendor side. It then translates these objects to building blocks and Policies within the Platform (for example, Asset Types, Identities, Rulesets, Policies, etc.).

Based on the vendor-specific mapping requirements, the following objects will appear in the Platform Workspaces:

• Identity Workspace:  Identities, Identity Sources, and Identity Attributes 
• Authorization Workspace: Policies, Asset Types, Asset Attributes, Assets, Rulesets, and Applications can be seen in the Authorization Workspace
• Orchestration Workspace: Vendor Policies and Objects

Objects created as a result of a discovery have the Orchestration icon ( ) next to it.

At any time, you can click Discover Now. This will initiate another discovery which will identify changes or new objects and apply those changes on the Platform. Each discovery captures only the delta between the Platform and the third-party vendor. 

While the initial discovery may take longer, depending on the number of objects, subsequent discoveries take considerably less time to update any additions, deletions, or changes to the policies and objects in the third-party vendor app.