# Role owner update **URL:** \ **Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/role-owner-update/1178 "2021-08-10T13:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sureshkumar\_v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@sureshkumar\_v](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/sureshkumar_v)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/role-owner-update/1178/1 "2021-08-10T13:05:46Z")
We have requirement to update role owner to manager identity when role owner leave. What would be the best way to do this in IDN ?. Please share your thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![omar\_khote\_iam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/omar_khote_iam/32/246_2.png) [@omar\_khote\_iam](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/omar_khote_iam)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/role-owner-update/1178/2 "2021-08-10T22:16:36Z")
Hi @sureshkumar_v welcome to the Developer portal and thank you for your query! 1. The simplest, would be to make use of saved searches via the Search feature, of which saved searcges can be scheduled to run at a regular cadence and thereafter ad-hoc manual process to clean these sources or roles up. See here some useful guides on how to do this: - [Overview of Search - SailPoint Identity Services](https://documentation.sailpoint.com/saas/help/search/overview-of-search.html) - [What Can Identity Do? | SailPoint](https://www.sailpoint.com/solutions/see-more/) - see the video on Search - [Searchable Fields - SailPoint Identity Services](https://documentation.sailpoint.com/saas/help/search/searchable-fields.html#identitiesOwns) - [Managing Saved Searches - SailPoint Identity Services](https://documentation.sailpoint.com/saas/help/search/saved-searches.html) - [Sign In to Compass - Compass](https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/IdentityNow-Wiki/IdentityNow-Common-Search-Queries/ta-p/75319) An example search query, such as, show me all identities whom are source owners and those whom have an inactive lifecycle state: `attributes.cloudLifecycleState:inactive` `owns.source.name"Active Directory"` Or perform a wildcard search on owners and do a comparison `owns.sources.name:*` There are likely much more search queries that can be crafted and explored here! At this moment in time this process its not possible to dynamically automate this process in IdentityNow. Another recommended option is to submit a feature i.e. enhancement request via our ideas portal. This may be an ideal enhancement to wait for the capability to exist in the IdentityNow roadmap, rather than implementing a custom external script to manage this(although this is also a viable option and possible in this scenario if required, it is quite complex to manage and create/maintain, the initial suggestion I’ve provided would therefore be the ‘best’ solution in this case). Please do create an idea in our ideas portal, which would be great feedback, the more ideas we have captured, will enable us to highlight these pain points in the product , which will be addressed by our product management team. The more we have of these ideas and higher the votes, the greater the likelihood we can see these features available in IdentityNow out of the box in the future (you may find it’s already highly voted for, or there are different ideas, so simply voting would be useful): > **[How To: Submit an Idea](https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/Community-Tutorials/How-To-Submit-an-Idea/ta-p/146123)** > > The new Idea Portal is live! Have a great idea to share with us? Check out the tutorial below and head over to the idea portal to share it.   Overview As we interact with software products, and compare those experiences - both positive and... Some example related ideas: [https://ideas.sailpoint.com/ideas/GOV-I-760](https://ideas.sailpoint.com/ideas/GOV-I-760) Kind Regards, Omar Khote, CISSP ---
**Author:** ![sureshkumar\_v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@sureshkumar\_v](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/sureshkumar_v)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/role-owner-update/1178/3 "2021-08-13T13:02:06Z")
@omar_khote_iam - Thank you for your response. I have submitted the idea for this change. [https://ideas.sailpoint.com/ideas/GOV-I-1334](https://ideas.sailpoint.com/ideas/GOV-I-1334) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/role-owner-update/1178/4 "2023-07-19T14:21:59Z")