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title: Supported attributes reference
description: The following table consists of the attributes that can be mapped for user provisioning. Find more information about available attributes in SCIM in the GitHub documentation.
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# Supported attributes reference

The following table consists of the attributes that can be mapped for user provisioning. Find more information about available attributes in [SCIM](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/enterprise-admin/scim?apiVersion=2022-11-28#about-scim) in the GitHub documentation.

| Attribute      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Username       | GitHub's unique identifier for the user. This attribute is required.

GitHub usernames can't exceed 39 characters. This character limit includes the underscore and short code that GitHub attaches to a normalized username.

Find more information about username components and normalization in Username considerations for external authentication in the GitHub documentation. |
| Email          | The email for the user (for example, "bjensen\@example.com"). This attribute is required.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| External ID    | A string that is an identifier for the resource as defined by the provisioning client.

External ID is mapped to a binary attribute ObjectGUID in AD, and needs to be added to PingFederate's binary attribute list in the Data Store.                                                                                                                                                       |
| First Name     | The given name of the user, or first name in most Western languages (for example, 'Barbara' given the full name 'Ms. Barbara Jane Jensen, III').                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Last Name      | The family name of the user, or last name in most Western languages (for example, 'Jensen' given the full name 'Ms. Barbara Jane Jensen, III').                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Display Name   | A human-readable name for a user.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Formatted Name | The user's full name, including all middle names, titles and suffixes, formatted for display.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Roles          | A list of the user's roles.For more information, see [Provision a SCIM enterprise user](https://github.com/en/enterprise-server@latest/rest/enterprise-admin/scim//) in the GitHub documentation.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |