ePermitting Security
Viewing ePermitting System User Roles
Users log onto ePermitting with their ECMS user ID and password. The system authenticates the user based on their ECMS credentials. All users of ePermitting must have a valid ECMS user ID.
ECMS Business Partners
External users must have a valid ECMS Business Partner ID (BPID). Business Partners (BP) are utilities, municipalities, developers, engineers, project site inspectors who may be assigned the roles of Applicants, Co-applicants, Engineering Firms, BP Department Reviewers, or BP Inspector.
Each Business Partner in ECMS must assign at least one ECMS user in their firm to be a Business Partner Security Administrator for their firm. These users administer security for their firm. The access rights of a BP Security Administrator are based on the user's BPID.
Security Administrators can perform the following:
Assign roles to a user
Deactivate a user's role
Set effective and ending dates for each role assigned
Business Partner roles assigned by each firm's BP Security Administrator include the following
Applicant
Co-applicant
Engineering Firm
County BP Department Reviewer
District BP Department Reviewer
Central Office BP Department Reviewer
Business Partner (Read-Only)
BP Inspector
PennDOT Users
Internal users include those with the roles of County, District, Central Office, or Federal Highway Administration staff. Internal users must have a valid ECMS Work Unit Code. Security Administrators will administer security for all internal users.
The access rights of County, District, or Central Office Security Administrators are based on their ECMS Work Unit Code.
Internal roles assigned by Security Administrators include the following:
Receivers
Reviewers
Department Reviewers
Responders
Approvers
Authorizers
Data Correctors
EPS Administrators