Learn and Managed Modes

In the Orchestration Workspace, you can work in Learn mode or in Managed mode. Based on the mode you select, different responses can be expected. In both modes, Discovery can be initiated by clicking Discover Now. Note that the objects and policies discovered are often unique to the third party vendor type you are mapping to the Platform.

Learn Mode

In Learn mode, Policies and Objects can be identified in the third-party vendor and represented in the Orchestration Workspace (as well as in the Identity and Authorization Workspaces). However, you can not edit Policies in the Orchestration Workspace while in Learn mode.

When using Learn mode, you can still edit a Policy in the third-party vendor and then initiate a new Discovery that will identify changes to the Policy and implement those changes in the Platform. It is important to note that until you initiate another Discovery, there will be a discrepancy between a Policy edited in the third-party vendor tenant and the Policy defined in the Platform.

Managed Mode

In Managed mode, you can not only see the results of the Discovery as in the Learn mode, you can also create or edit Policies in the Platform. Viewing the Policy in the Platform is the preferred working method because the Platform offers key advantages including the ability to:

• View the Policy in the Policy Map, which provides a visual representation of the Policy and the Objects used to create it.
• View the Policy as code, using the Platform's structured Rego.

• Deploy back edited changes in the Platform to syncrhonize the Policy on the third-party vendor tenant.

Switching between Modes

You can switch between Learn mode and Managed mode on the Settings screen of the POP.