Delegation Terminology
The following terms are important to the understanding of Delegated Access framework and are used throughout the documentation:
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Delegation |
The act of delegating one's access to another user. |
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Delegator |
A person that delegates access to another user (for example, a student). |
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Proxy |
A person granted access to act on behalf of another user (for example, a parent). |
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Revoke |
When a delegated access is withdrawn. |
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Delegation Transaction |
A set of one or more components and pages whose access a delegator can delegate to a proxy. Those components are contained in a security role associated to a transaction during setup. The role is provisioned to the proxy’s user profile for him or her to be allowed to perform the transaction. |
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Delegated Access Components |
Self-service components that are configured for delegated access. |
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New User Registration (NUR) framework |
Framework that enables the proxy to either create a user ID and password or reuse an existing user ID to sign into the Campus Solutions system and perform the delegated transaction. |
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Notifications framework |
Framework that enables email notifications to be sent to the delegator and to the proxy when new transactions are delegated or revoked. |