Access

Automated access that follows your people data.

Grant door, after-hours, campus recreation, and event access based on current eligibility, and remove it when eligibility changes.

More than doors

Access is more than opening doors.

Housing assignments, class schedules, employment and event registrations can all drive access. One rule turns it on in every kind of system that grants it, and turns it off when someone no longer qualifies.

Exterior Access LevelAccess Control A
On
Room 214Access Control B
On
From housing: North Hall, Rm 214

Residence halls

Building and room access from housing assignments, including room changes in the middle of a term.

Chemistry Lab, after hoursAccess Control A
On
From the class schedule: enrolled in CHEM 210

After-hours classrooms and labs

Students enrolled in a course get after-hours access to its lab or studio for the term, and lose it when they drop the class.

Mechanical roomsAccess Control A
On
From HR: Facilities department

Department spaces

New staff get the access their department needs. When someone changes roles or leaves, their access changes with them.

Science LabsAccess Control B
On
From HR: Research Staff

Research spaces

Labs and restricted rooms open only to the research staff assigned to them.

Campus Rec membershipRecreation
Active
From enrollment: Student

Campus recreation

Memberships activate when someone joins the group that qualifies, and end when they leave it.

Homecoming 2026Event access
Granted
From event management: registered

Events

Access to an event for the people who qualify, from the systems that already know who they are.

Self-service

Build the rules yourself.

Your team builds access rules in CardPulse. Choose the people data a rule uses, pick what it turns on and see who it affects before it goes live. No ticket and no vendor cycle.

  • Build populations from class rosters, housing assignments, employment designations and more
  • Preview what a rule would do before you turn it on
  • Require approval and hold large changes for review
  • Access that staff assign by hand stays in place
PopulationNorth Hall Residents
Draft
When
AffiliationisStudent
andHousingisNorth Hall
Add condition
People whose affiliation is Student and housing is North Hall
Then
Exterior Access LevelAccess Control A
Campus Rec membershipRecreation
Preview: people who match get the Exterior Access Level in Access Control A and a Campus Rec membership. People who stop matching lose both. Nothing has changed yet.
Nothing changes until the rule is turned on.
Waiting for approvalResearch Staff → Science Labs
212 people gain access18 people lose access
Held for review
How it works

Change the record. Watch the access follow.

Set this student’s attributes and see which populations they join and what access they get.

1People data
Person record
Test studentSample record
Change an attribute, then set it.
2Populations and access rules
North Hall residentsNo match
StudentandNorth Hall
North Hall, Rm 214No match
North HallandRm 214
Campus RecNo match
Student
Homecoming 2026No match
Registered
Activity
    3Access in every system
    Exterior Access LevelAccess Control A
    Room Access LevelAccess Control B
    Campus Rec membershipRecreation
    Homecoming 2026Event access
    LibraryAccess Control AAssigned by staff

    1People data

    People data comes from your systems of authority, such as housing, event management, HR and course management systems. When a record changes, Access Automation sees it.

    2Populations and access rules

    Your team builds populations from that data, like North Hall residents or the students enrolled in a course, and gives each one its access rules. Preview a rule before it goes live, require approval and hold large changes for review.

    3Access in every system

    Access is assigned automatically in every connected system, from access control to campus recreation and events. When someone leaves a population, the access their rules assigned is removed. Access staff assign by hand stays in place.

    The family

    Better together

    Access Automation runs on the same identity layer as every FutureState Solution.

    Automate access on your campus.

    See how Access Automation works with the systems you already run.