An entitlement indicates that an EID holder is authorized to perform a designated action.

For example, an EID may have the LLV entitlement which grants UT Libraries Visitor Privileges.

An EID may have from zero to many entitlements, each with its own start and end date (end dates may be in perpetuity).

For example, the aforementioned LLV entitlement may have a specific end date, which would grant UT Libraries Visitor Privileges to that EID holder until that end date.

Requesting the Provisioning of an Entitlement

If an EID holder needs a specific entitlement, they will need to contact the Entitlement Owner.

Only the Entitlement Owner is authorized to grant a specific entitlement.

The Entitlement Owner, depending on their needs, may provision their owned entitlements in a variety of ways depending on their business need. The most common means of doing so are manual provisioning via the UT EID Administrative Services Tool, a UT Mainframe secure module, and a TIM REST API.

Requesting a New Entitlement

New entitlements can be created on a case by case basis to aid developers across campus. In general, the following guidelines describe good candidates for entitlements.

• Entitlements should be of interest to other parts of the university outside your department.

• Entitlements should be applied to a population which can be easily defined.

• Entitlements should be contained to a limited population which does not grow significantly over time.

If the creation of a new entitlement would assist your area in development, we encourage you to contact the EID Team at eidteam@utlists.utexas.edu.