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title: Attribute Value Decision node
description: Verifies that the specified attribute satisfies a specific condition.
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# Attribute Value Decision node

Verifies that the specified attribute satisfies a specific condition.

Use this node to check whether an attribute's expected value is equal to a collected attribute value, or to validate that the specified attribute was collected.

Examples:

* To validate that a user provided the country attribute during registration, set the comparison operation to `PRESENT`, and the comparison attribute to `country`.

* To validate that the country attribute is set to the United States, set the comparison operation to `EQUALS`, the comparison attribute to `country`, and the comparison value to `United States`.

Use [Attribute Present Decision node](attribute-present-decision.html) instead when you need to check for the presence of a private attribute, such as `password`.

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes 1      |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

1 This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a [Ping Identity Platform deployment](https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/8.1/sample-setup/).

## Configuration

| Property             | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Comparison Operation | The operation to perform on the object attribute:- `PRESENT`

  Checks the existence of an attribute regardless of its value.

- `EQUALS`

  Checks if the object's attribute value equals the configured comparison value. |
| Comparison Attribute | The object attribute to compare.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Comparison Value     | When Comparison Operation is `EQUALS`, compare this value to the provided attribute value.                                                                                                                                  |
| Identity Attribute   | The attribute used to identify the managed object in the underlying identity service (PingIDM).                                                                                                                             |