---
title: Write Federation Information node
description: Creates a persistent link between a remote IdP account and a local account in the SP, if none exists yet. If a transient link exists, it is persisted. Existing account links with different IdPs are not lost.
component: auth-node-ref
version: latest
page_id: auth-node-ref::write-federation-information
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/write-federation-information.html
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication", "Federation", "SAML 2.0", "Single Sign-on (SSO)"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-write-federation-information.adoc"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/write-federation-information.html
section_ids:
  example: Example
  availability: Availability
  outcomes: Outcomes
  configuration: Configuration
---

# Write Federation Information node

Creates a persistent link between a remote IdP account and a local account in the SP, if none exists yet. If a transient link exists, it is persisted. Existing account links with different IdPs are not lost.

Use this node with the [SAML2 Authentication node](saml2.html), and ensure that the NameID Format is `persistent`.

## Example

You can find examples that show this node in a SAML 2.0 authentication journey in [SSO in integrated mode](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneaic/am-saml2/saml2-integrated-mode.html).

## Availability

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

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

## Configuration

This node has no configurable properties.