---
title: NuData Trigger MFA node
description: Checks the NuData score response for an MFA signal and routes the journey to trigger MFA when NuData recommends it
component: auth-node-ref
version: latest
page_id: auth-node-ref:cloud:nudata-trigger-mfa
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/cloud/nudata-trigger-mfa.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: 2026-10-14T11:08:17Z
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication"]
section_ids:
  example: Example
  availability: Availability
  inputs: Inputs
  dependencies: Dependencies
  configuration: Configuration
  outputs: Outputs
  callbacks: Callbacks
  outcomes: Outcomes
  errors: Errors
---

# NuData Trigger MFA node

The NuData Trigger MFA node checks the NuData score response for an MFA signal and routes the journey to trigger MFA when NuData recommends it.

## Example

The following example shows how to use the NuData Trigger MFA node to route high-risk sign-on attempts into an MFA challenge:

![Journey using the NuData nodes](nudata-nodes-journey.png)

* The [NuData Initialize node](nudata-initialize.html) loads the NuData SDK and the [NuData Score node](nudata-score.html) returns the risk level for the sign-on attempt.

* A `Red` score outcome from the **NuData Score node** routes the journey to the NuData Trigger MFA node, which checks the score response for the `mfa_signal` value.

  * A `Trigger MFA` outcome routes to the [Inner Tree Evaluator node](../inner-tree-evaluator.html), which runs the MFA journey to challenge the user.

  * A `Next` outcome routes to the [NuData Update node](nudata-update.html), which reports the placement outcome to NuData.

  * An `Error` outcome routes to the [Failure node](../failure.html).

## Availability

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

(1) For self-managed products, download the node from the [Ping Identity Marketplace](https://marketplace.pingone.com/item/nudata-tree-nodes).

## Inputs

This node reads the following from the shared state:

* `nuDataScoreResponse`: the NuData score and other risk analysis data, written by the [NuData Score node](nudata-score.html).

## Dependencies

The node requires a [NuData Score node](nudata-score.html) earlier in the journey. The score response supplies the `mfa_signal` value that this node checks.

## Configuration

This node has no configurable properties.

## Outputs

This node doesn't change the shared state.

## Callbacks

This node doesn't send any callbacks.

## Outcomes

The node has the following outcomes:

* `Trigger MFA`

  NuData returned an `mfa_signal` value in the score response, indicating the user should be challenged with MFA.

* `Next`

  The score response contained no `mfa_signal` value.

* `Error`

  An error occurred while processing the NuData score response.

## Errors

This node doesn't log any error or warning messages of its own.