Request access

When you need access in Oblique, you make a request. You can request a role for yourself, for a group or team you belong to, or for someone else.

How access requests work

All access changes in Oblique go through a request, which describes the change you want to make. A request has a set of checks that must pass before it is applied. By default, a request for a role on a resource needs approval from an Oblique admin.

Once a request is approved, Oblique applies the request automatically. To apply it yourself instead, disable auto-apply on the request’s page, then apply the request manually after the checks pass.

Request access

You can browse resources on the Access page. This also shows you which resources you already have access to, and with which roles.

To request a role on a resource, open the resource detail page:

1. Select Request access.
2. Under Subjects, select who should be granted access: yourself, a group or team you belong to, or another user. You can select multiple subjects, and search by name. A user is granted access through their account in the resource’s integration, so a user with no account there can’t be selected.
3. Under Roles, select the roles you’re requesting for those subjects.
4. (Optional) Under Expiration, select a duration after which Oblique will automatically revoke the access. The default is indefinite.
5. Preview the impact of the change in the Affected users section.
6. In the Approvals section, review the checks for this request. Each check has a reviewer assigned automatically. Optionally, select the reviewer list to change them.
7. Select Create request.

The request is sent to its reviewers. Once every check passes, Oblique applies the request and grants the access.

Change your access

Once you have access to a resource, you can request a change to it. Changing roles, changing expiry, and revoking access are separate requests, each with its own form.

To change your own access, open the resource’s detail page and select Edit access. To change anyone’s access, including yours, select More on an entitlement in the resource’s Entitlements section, or on an access path in the Access section of a profile or of a group or team’s detail page.

Each form starts with the resource, followed by the Entitlement being changed, showing who holds it, its roles, and when it expires. The entitlement you opened the form from is selected for you. To change a different entitlement on the same resource, select it instead.

Change roles

1. Select Change roles… to open a request form.
2. Under Roles, add or remove roles. An entitlement must keep at least one role. To remove every role, revoke access instead.
3. Preview the impact of the change in the Affected users section.
4. In the Approvals section, review the checks. Reviewers are assigned automatically; select Select reviewers to change them.
5. Select Create request.

Changing roles doesn’t change when the access expires.

Change access expiry

1. Select Change expiry… to open a request form.
2. Under New expiry, select the new expiration date or duration.
3. In the Approvals section, review the checks. Reviewers are assigned automatically; select Select reviewers to change them.
4. Select Create request.

Changing the expiry doesn’t change the roles the entitlement grants.

Revoke access

1. Select Revoke access… (or Revoke… from the resource’s Entitlements section) to open a request form.
2. Review the impact in the Affected users section.
3. In the Approvals section, review the checks. Reviewers are assigned automatically; select Select reviewers to change them.
4. Select Create request.

Once every check passes, Oblique applies the request and revokes the access.

Manage your requests

Manage your requests