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title: Entitlements
description: In Identity Governance, an entitlement is a specific access right that the system assigns to an account. An account is an identity profile in an onboarded application that maps to an identity in Advanced Identity Cloud within a target application and corresponds to a particular permission. It defines what actions a user can perform, such as viewing, modifying, or managing entitlements once they have access to the resource.
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# Entitlements

In Identity Governance, an entitlement is a specific access right that the system assigns to an account. An account is an identity profile in an onboarded application that maps to an identity in Advanced Identity Cloud within a target application and corresponds to a particular permission. It defines what actions a user can perform, such as viewing, modifying, or managing entitlements once they have access to the resource.

Identity Governance lets you act on entitlements, such as:

* Discover and onboard entitlements

* Grant entitlements including:

  * Using access requests

  * Using provisioning roles

  * Using direct assignment by administrators

* Certify users who have been granted entitlements.

* Perform segregation of duties (SoD) checks on identity entitlement assignments that violate compliance policies.

* Manage the entitlements lifecycles using Governance Workflows

## Entitlements catalog

Identity Governance aggregates entitlements from onboarded target applications into a centralized repository called the entitlements catalog, providing a unified view of the entitlements.

With the entitlements catalog, you can:

* Create new entitlements.

* View entitlement details.

* Add or revoke members directly.

* Enrich the business metadata or glossary of the entitlement.

![The administrator view of the entitlements.](../_images/entitlements-catalog.png)