Identifying and resolving conflicts in access permissions during migration of data and user accounts

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify and resolve conflicts in access permissions during migration of data and user accounts from a source system to a target system by:
• receiving a set of mappings, the set of mappings comprising path mappings of a hierarchy of data objects on the source system to locations on the target system for migrated data objects and subject mappings of user accounts on the source system to user accounts on the target system, wherein the migration of data and user accounts comprises migrating the data objects from the source system to the target system and migrating existing user accounts on the source system to new user accounts on the target system;
• translating based on the received set of mapping, permissions controlling access to the data objects of the hierarchy of data objects on the source system to permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for one or more user accounts on the target system;
• detecting one or more conflicts between the permissions controlling access to the data objects of the hierarchy of data objects on the source system and the permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for at least one user account of the one or more user accounts;
• selecting a conflict resolution strategy from a plurality of conflict resolution strategies, wherein the conflict resolution strategy comprises one of a warn-and-skip conflict resolution strategy, an expansive conflict resolution strategy, or a restrictive conflict resolution strategy;
• and
• applying the selected conflict resolution strategy to the permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for the at least one user account, wherein applying the expansive conflict resolution strategy comprises identifying permissions for a parent data object of the data object on the source system for which the conflict has been detected at a level of the hierarchy of data objects of the source system above the data object on the source system for which the conflict has been detected, removing permissions for the migrated data for which the conflict has been detected on the target system, and allowing inheritance of the identified permissions for the parent data object by each child data object on the target system for which the conflict has been detected.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to identify and resolve conflicts in access permissions during migration of data and user accounts from a source system to a target system by:

• receiving a set of mappings, the set of mappings comprising path mappings of a hierarchy of data objects on the source system to locations on the target system for migrated data objects and subject mappings of user accounts on the source system to user accounts on the target system, wherein the migration of data and user accounts comprises migrating the data objects from the source system to the target system and migrating existing user accounts on the source system to new user accounts on the target system;
• translating based on the received set of mapping, permissions controlling access to the data objects of the hierarchy of data objects on the source system to permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for one or more user accounts on the target system;
• detecting one or more conflicts between the permissions controlling access to the data objects of the hierarchy of data objects on the source system and the permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for at least one user account of the one or more user accounts;
• selecting a conflict resolution strategy from a plurality of conflict resolution strategies, wherein the conflict resolution strategy comprises one of a warn-and-skip conflict resolution strategy, an expansive conflict resolution strategy, or a restrictive conflict resolution strategy;
• and
• applying the selected conflict resolution strategy to the permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for the at least one user account, wherein applying the expansive conflict resolution strategy comprises identifying permissions for a parent data object of the data object on the source system for which the conflict has been detected at a level of the hierarchy of data objects of the source system above the data object on the source system for which the conflict has been detected, removing permissions for the migrated data for which the conflict has been detected on the target system, and allowing inheritance of the identified permissions for the parent data object by each child data object on the target system for which the conflict has been detected.