You can minimize the steps necessary for object modifying via the corresponding action on the Home page. For this purpose, you need to configure the action parameters to specify default of pre-set values for them.
To configure the 'Modify Object' action on the Home page:
Launch the Adaxes Web Interface Configuration Tool on the computer, where the Web Interface is installed.
How:Windows 7 and earlier:
- Open the Windows Start menu.
- Click All Programs > Softerra Adaxes 2017.1 > Web Interface > Web Interface Customization.
Windows 8 and 8.1:
- Open the Start screen.
- Start typing Web Interface Customization.
- Press Enter.
Windows 10:
- Open the Windows Start menu.
- Click All apps > Softerra Adaxes 2017.1 > Web Interface Customization.
In Interface type drop-down list, select the type of the Web Interface you want to customize and click the General tab.
Select the Actions pane check-box and click the Configure Home Page Actions button.
In the Home Page Actions dialog that opens, click the Add button below to create a new action.
The actions contained in the Actions pane can be organized into groups. To create a new action under a specific group, select this group before adding the action. To add a new group, click the Add Group button below, type group's name, and press Enter. In the Add Home Page Action wizard that opens, click Modify and select the type of objects to be modified using the new action. Click Next.
Provide the name, brief description, and confirmation text for the new action. Click Next.
If you don't want any confirmation to be displayed, leave the Confirmation field blank. When the action is initiated, users will need to select the object they want to modify. At this step, you can configure how users will select the desired object.
To always perform the action on the account of the user who initiated it, select the Always perform for the current user option. In this case, the new action will allow users to edit properties of their own accounts only.
This option is only available, if you've selected the User object type on the first step of the wizard. To allow users to perform this action on Active Directory objects located under a specific container or Organizational Unit only, select the Allow selecting only AD objects located under a specific OU or container option. Specify the DN (Distinguished Name) of the OU or container you need in the Container DN edit box.
To get the DN of an AD objects, right-click the object you need in the Adaxes Administration Console. In the context menu, open the submenu of the Copy item, and click Copy DN. The DN of the selected Active Directory object will be copied to the clipboard. Container DN can be composed using value references. For example, you can specify the following value here: OU=%department%,DC=company,DC=com. In this case, the %department% value reference will be replaced with the Department property of the user, who performs the action. So, when a user, whose department is Sales, performs the action, the Container DN will be set to OU=Sales,DC=company,DC=com. To allow users to perform the action only on Active Directory objects that match a specific LDAP filter, enable the When selecting the target OU or container, display only objects that match the specified LDAP filter option.
To construct an LDAP filter, you can use the LDAP Filter Builder. To access it, click 
Find on the toolbar in the Adaxes Administration Console,
activate the LDAP Search tab, and click the embedded 
button in the Enter LDAP filter field.
Click Next.
To customize the form used to modify objects with the help of the new action:
To customize the form that will be used to modify objects, select the Use customized form option and click the Customize Form button.
For details on how to customize forms, see Customizing Forms for Object Creation and Editing (steps 3 to 8). To specify default values for some of the object properties, click the Add button located in the Predefined Fields group box. Choose the property, for which you want to define the default value, enter the desired value, and click OK.
It is possible to use value references to generate default property values for modified objects. Value references will be replaced with the property values of the user, who performs the operation. For example, you can set the default value for the Description property as follows: Modified by %name%. When modifying an object, the %name% value reference will be replaced with the name of the user, who modifies this object, and the object description will be automatically set to 'Modified by John Doe'.
Click Finish.
Click Apply two times.
| There is no need to restart IIS to apply the changes, as the changes are applied automatically. |