Usher TED Roles: Determining if a User is in a Role

Owned by Annelle Harrison
Last updated: Oct 07, 2020
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How Usher uses TED to determine if a user is in a role

The table below shows how Usher determines TED-based roles for a person's eid.  Roles not listed in this table are granted via a "white-list" by an administrator on a per-user basis.  The table may be read as follows:

An EID is in Role <TED-based-role-value> if ,,,

    • Their Affiliation (utexasedupersonaffiliation) is ...
    • Their Organization (utexasedupersonorgunitname) contains ...
    • Their Organization Unit Code (utexasedupersonorgunitcode) contains ...
    • Their Primary Affiliation (utexasedupersonprimarypubaffiliation) is ...
    • Their Primary Organization (utexasedupersonprimaryorgunitname) is ...
    • Their Major Department (utexasedupersonmajordeptcode) is ...
    • Their Classification (utexasedupersonclassificationcode) is ...
    • Their School Code (utexasedupersonassociatedschoolcode) is ...

Where references to "utexasedupersonxxx" are references to the actual name of the Ted attribute.

Empty values in the table are not applicable.


RoleDescriptionAffiliationOrganizationOrganization Unit CodePrimary AffiliationPrimary OrganizationMajor Department*Classification*School Code*
adv-facultyfaculty in Department of Advertising or Public Relationsfaculty-currentDepartment of Advertising OR Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relationscontains ADVR




adv-grad-studentgrad student in Department of Advertising or Public Relationsstudent-current



ADV OR P R (space between P and R)5 or 66
adv-staffstaff in Department of Advertising or Public Relationsstaff-currentDepartment of Advertising OR Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relationscontains ADVR




adv-studentstudent in Department of Advertising or Public Relationsstudent-current



ADV OR P R (space between P and R)

cld-grad-studentgrad student in Department of Communication and Leadershipstudent-current



CLD* (coming Fall 2017)5 or 66
cld-studentstudent in Department of Communication and Leadershipstudent-current



CLD* (coming Fall 2017)

cms-facultyfaculty in Department of Communication Studiesfaculty-currentDepartment of Communication Studiescontains CMST




cms-grad-studentgrad student in Department of Communication Studiesstudent-current



CMS5 or 66
cms-staffstaff in Department of Communication Studiesstaff-currentDepartment of Communication Studiescontains CMST




cms-studentstudent in Department of Communication Studiesstudent-current



CMS

coc-deans-officestaff reporting to Moody College Dean's Officestaff-current

staffMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")


coc-faculty-currentfaculty in Moody Collegefaculty-current

Moody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication"), or contains any of the following:

  • Department of Advertising
  • Department of Communication Studies
  • Department Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
  • School of Journalism and Media
  • Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations
  • Department of Radio-Television-Film

COMM, or contains any of the following:

  • ADVR
  • CMST
  • CSDI
  • JOUR
  • RTF1





coc-grad-studentgrad student in Moody Collegestudent-current



any of ADV, CSD, RTF, CMS, SPE, or J5 or 6C AND 6
coc-staff-currentstaff in Moody Collegestaff-currentMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")

COMM, or contains any of the following:

  • ADVR
  • CMST
  • CSDI
  • JOUR
  • RTF1





coc-undergrad-studentundergrad student in Moody Collegestudent-current





C AND not 6
COMM-MCEC-Restrictedgrad student in Moody College and registered for classesstudent-current



any of ADV, CSD, RTF, CMS, SPE, or J5 or 6C AND 6 AND registered in at least one class
COMM-MCEC-Restrictedfaculty in Moody College and not with KUTfaculty-currentMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")COMM
not KUT Radio


COMM-MCEC-Restrictedstaff in Moody College and not with KUTstaff-currentMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")COMM
not KUT Radio


COMM-MCEC-Patrongrad student in Moody College and registered for classesstudent-current



any of ADV, CSD, RTF, CMS, SPE, or J5 or 6C AND 6 AND registered in at least one class
COMM-MCEC-Patronfaculty in Moody College and not with KUTfaculty-currentMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")COMM
not KUT Radio


COMM-MCEC-Patronstaff in Moody College and not with KUTstaff-currentMoody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")COMM
not KUT Radio


COMM-RTFML-Patronfaculty in RTFfaculty-currentDepartment of Radio-Television-Filmcontains RTF1




COMM-RTFML-Patrongrad student in RTFstudent-current



RTF5 or 66
csd-facultyfaculty in Department of CSDfaculty-current

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

contains CSDI




csd-grad-studentgrad student in Department of CSDstudent-current



CSD5 or 66
csd-staffstaff in Department of CSDstaff-currentDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorderscontains CSDI




csd-studentstudent in department of CSDstudent-current



CSD



faculty-currentUT facultyfaculty-current






jou-facultyfaculty in Department of Journalismfaculty-current

School of Journalism OR School of Journalism and Media

contains JOUR




jou-grad-studentgrad student in Department of Journalismstudent-current



J5 or 66
jou-staffstaff in Department of Journalismstaff-currentSchool of Journalism OR School of Journalism and Mediacontains JOUR




jou-studentstudent in Department of Journalismstudent-current



J

kut-staffKUT staff



KUT Radio


rtf-facultyfaculty in Department of RTFfaculty-currentDepartment of Radio-Television-Filmcontains RTF1




rtf-grad-studentgrad student in Department of RTFstudent-current



RTF5 or 66
rtf-staffstaff in Department of RTFstaff-currentDepartment of Radio-Television-Filmcontains RTF1




rtf-studentstudent in Department of RTFstudent-current



RTF

staff-currentUT staffstaff-current






slh-facultyfaculty in Department of SLHfaculty-currentDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciencescontains CSDI




slh-grad-studentgrad student in Department of SLHstudent-current



SLH or CSD5 or 66
slh-staffstaff in Department of SLHstaff-currentDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciencescontains CSDI




slh-studentstudent in Department of SLHstudent-current



SLH or CSD

student-currentUT studentstudent-current






straussaffiliated with Annette Strauss Institute
Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Lifecontains SICP
Moody College of Communication (contains "College of Communication")


tsm-staffaffiliated with Texas Student Mediastaff-currentTexas Student Mediacontains TSP1





* Non-specific Moody majors are identified with an Associated School Code of "C".  In addition, the use of  Associated School Codes supersedes the use of Classificaton Codes.  Associated School Codes for a person can be multiple values, and are derived from utexasEduPersonSchoolCodes as follows:

  • C - Communication
  • 6 - Graduate School


Reference: https://utsubdev2.service-now.com/utss/KAhome.do?number=KB0012259



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