Is this configuration option required when an engineer sets up any application?

Owner is a required and important application configuration element in IdentityIQ. Application ownership establishes accountability for the connected system and is used across governance operations such as access reviews, application owner certifications, approval routing, policy handling, and administrative responsibility. IdentityIQ’s governance model depends heavily on ownership metadata because applications are not merely technical connector records; they are governed objects. Assigning an owner allows IdentityIQ to determine who is responsible for application access, certification decisions, and operational oversight. While some low-level object imports may technically create incomplete objects, from the application setup perspective an engineer should treat Owner as required. Without an owner, downstream governance functions become weak or ambiguous because IdentityIQ cannot reliably route application-specific reviews or approvals to the responsible business or technical authority. The proposed option is therefore valid as a required setup item. References/topics: IdentityIQ Engineer — application definition, application owner, governance accountability, certification ownership, access approval routing.