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title: Creating a channel
description: Integrating PingFederate with Code42 requires a specific attribute mapping configuration.
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page_id: code42-pingfederate:provisioning_setup:pf_code42_integration_creating_a_channel
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/code42-pingfederate/provisioning_setup/pf_code42_integration_creating_a_channel.html
revdate: June 26, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Creating a channel

Integrating PingFederate with Code42 requires a specific attribute mapping configuration.

## About this task

For general information about creating a channel, see [Managing channels](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_saasmanagementtasklet_saasmanagementstate.html) in the PingFederate documentation

For more information about the attributes available in your channel configuration, see [Supported attributes reference](pf_code42_integration_supported_attributes_reference.html).

## Steps

1. On the **Manage Channels** tab, click **Create**.

2. On the **Channel Info** tab, in the **Channel Name** field, enter a name for the channel. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Source** tab, from the **Active Data Store** list, select the data store that you created in [Creating a provisioning connection](pf_code42_integration_creating_a_provisioning_connection.html). Click **Next**.

4. On the **Source Settings** and **Source Location** tabs, complete the configuration based on your environment.

5. On the **Attribute Mapping** tab, configure the attributes. You can use the following LDAP mappings, or adapt them for your data store type. Click **Next**.

   | Code42 attribute | Data store attribute                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | `userName`       | `mail`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
   | `workEmail`      | `mail`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
   | `department`     | `department`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
   | `division`       | `division`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
   | `externalId`     | `objectGUID`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
   | `familyName`     | `sn`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   | `givenName`      | `givenName`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   | `manager`        | Populate this attribute with the Code42 ID that represents this user's manager.For example, Jake's manager Alice has a user ID of `123098456876789543` in Code42. In Active Directory, you set Jake's `msDS-cloudExtensionAttribute10` attribute to `123098456876789543`.Then, map this `manager` attribute to `msDS-cloudExtensionAttribute10`. |
   | `title`          | `title`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
   | `userType`       | `employeeType`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   | `workCity`       | `l`(lowercase "L")                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
   | `workCountry`    | `c`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
   | `workState`      | `st`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   | `workStreet`     | `streetAddress`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
   | `workPostalCode` | `postalCode`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |