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title: Patch Object node
description: Patches the attributes in an existing managed object in IDM.
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---

# Patch Object node

Patches the attributes in an existing managed object in IDM.

Use this node for progressive profile completion to collect additional profile data from a user after they have logged in several times.

## Compatibility

| Product                                                                                                                                               | Compatible?           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud                                                                                                                       | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| ForgeRock Access Management (self-managed)

This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a Ping Identity Platform deployment. | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed)                                                                                                                 | [icon: check, set=fa] |

## Properties

| Property           | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Patch as Object    | Allows patching as the object being updated.Enable this property to patch a user object as part of the user's current session, for example, when updating their password.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ignored Fields     | Fields from the shared node state that should be ignored as part of patch.Use this to patch only the fields you want to update. If this is empty, the node attempts to update all the node shared state fields as part of the patch.                                                                                                                                             |
| Identity Resource  | The type of IDM managed identity resource object that this node creates.It must match the identity resource type for the current flow.

To check for the available managed identity resource types, go to the IDM admin UI, and open the Manage drop-down list in the upper right corner of the screen.

Identity managed object types are preceded by the icon. |
| Identity Attribute | The attribute used to identify the object to update in IDM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |