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Is this a use of the data provided by the entitlement catalog?
Provide entitlement descriptions for viewing on the application definition.
The statement is not a correct use case for entitlement catalog data. In SailPoint IdentityIQ, the entitlement catalog is used to govern and enrich entitlement data after entitlements are discovered from application account/group schemas and aggregation. The catalog stores managed entitlement metadata such as display name, description, owner, classification, requestability, risk-related information, and other governance attributes. This information supports access reviews, access requests, approvals, role modeling, policy analysis, and decision-making by presenting business-readable information about technical access.
The application definition is primarily the configuration object for connecting to a target system. It contains connector settings, schemas, correlation configuration, aggregation options, provisioning settings, and related application-level controls. While entitlement-related configuration begins with the application schema, the entitlement catalog is not principally used to provide descriptions ''for viewing on the application definition.'' Its governed data is used in operational governance contexts, especially where reviewers, requesters, approvers, and administrators need understandable access context.
Therefore, entitlement descriptions are catalog governance metadata, not a feature whose purpose is simply display on the application definition. Reference topics: Access Modeling --- purpose of the entitlement catalog; Applications --- group/account schemas; Governance --- certification decision support; User-Driven Requests --- access request display and approval context.