Understanding Delegated Access

Delegation is when a person authorizes another to serve as his or her representative for a particular task. With the Delegated Access framework, a user can authorize another user to perform a task on their behalf by delegating access to perform a transaction.

Delegated Access is a framework owned by Campus Community that standardizes who can delegate what to whom. The framework enables you to define what components a delegator (for example, a student) can delegate to one or more proxies (for example, the parents). It integrates with the Constituent Transaction Management (CTM) framework, the New User Registration framework, the Notifications framework (email notification utility), and the PeopleTools security management to grant access to certain pages in your system.

The most common use for delegation in the Campus Solutions system is when students need to give access to a parent to view or update their personal, academic, or financial information. The parent may be unknown to the system and therefore needs to register and create a user profile to access your system.

WARNING:

Delegating a transaction is performed by a self-service user in a delivered self-service component called Share My Information (SS_CC_DA_SHAREINFO). Only a security administrator who is familiar with the Campus Solutions self-services components, PeopleSoft security, and how you manage your security must set up Delegated Access.