Identity and Access Management

eduPerson Primary Affiliation

Last modified 4/8/2025

Grouping: Affiliation

Description: Single-valued expression of a person's primary affiliation with the University (business logic is applied and meets the requirements of the Internet2 eduPerson Object Class Specification)

Breakout of how affiliations populate the values:

Employee - AP Staff, Civil Service, Faculty, Faculty Associate, Instructor, Lab School Employee, Contingent Worker
Student - Undergrad, Graduate, CNED Students
Affiliate - Guests, Sponsored Accounts, Admit Prospects
Member - Retirees, Grace Employees, Grace Students, Metcalf Students, Univ High Students 

Attribute Name: 

  • CS: n/a
  • Midpoint: extension/eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation
  • AD: eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation
  • LDAP: eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation
  • Entra ID: extension_0f4ad3fd29bd4abe9ffa10b6e4fe7055_eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation

Restriction Level: Unrestricted

Owner: Office of Identity and Access Management

  • Legacy Information

OIM Attribute: USR_UDF_EDU_PRIMARY_AFFL

Old AD Attribute: n/a

Old LDAP Attribute: n/a

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