The statement is false. The Identity Refresh task does not use application definitions to determine how to connect to native target systems. That function belongs to application aggregation and connector-based operations. In IdentityIQ, an application definition contains the connector configuration, schemas, correlation settings, aggregation options, and provisioning-related settings required for IdentityIQ to communicate with a managed system.
The Identity Refresh task operates primarily on identity data already present inside IdentityIQ. It updates IdentityCubes by recalculating identity attributes, refreshing role assignments and detections, evaluating policies, processing lifecycle events, updating manager relationships, and applying selected identity model calculations. It is typically run after aggregation or configuration changes so that identity-level governance data reflects current account and entitlement information.
Therefore, connecting to native systems is not the purpose of Identity Refresh. IdentityIQ connects to native systems through aggregation tasks or provisioning operations that reference the application definitions and connectors. Identity Refresh consumes the resulting identity, account, entitlement, and application link data within the IdentityIQ repository.
Reference topics: Identity Modeling — Identity Refresh options; Applications — application definitions and connector settings; Foundational Concepts — tasks versus workflows; Provisioning — connector-based fulfillment.
