---
title: Passing binary attributes to PingOne
description: PingFederate doesn't currently support formatting the binary data in an attribute to anything other than Base64-encoded before sending it to the connector to then be sent to PingOne, or any other service provider.
component: pingone
page_id: pingone:pingone_integration_kit:pf_p1_ik_passing_binary_attributes_to_p1
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/pingone/pingone_integration_kit/pf_p1_ik_passing_binary_attributes_to_p1.html
revdate: June 18, 2024
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
---

# Passing binary attributes to PingOne

PingFederate doesn't currently support formatting the binary data in an attribute to anything other than Base64-encoded before sending it to the connector to then be sent to PingOne, or any other service provider.

## Before you begin

PingFederate provides an advanced option allowing administrators to map user attributes by way of an expression language. Learn more about enabling expression use in PingFederate in [Enabling and disabling expressions](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/pf_enable_disable_express.html).

## About this task

For example, if you have an attribute mapping that maps the **Account ID** field to the `objectSid` attribute in Active Directory, then PingFederate will Base64-encode that binary data into a string.

## Steps

1. On the **Attribute Mapping** tab, for the appropriate attribute click **Edit**.

2. On the **Specify Attribute Mapping** tab, enter the appropriate expression in the **Expression** field.

   #### Example:

   You can use the following OGNL expression to encode the `objectSid` attribute in SID format:

   ```
   #sidBinary = @java.util.Base64@getDecoder().decode(#this.get("objectSid").toString()),

   #sidHex = @String@format("%056x", new java.math.BigInteger(1, #sidBinary)),

   #SID = #sidHex.substring(16),
   #i = new Long(0),
   #subAuths=#SID.split("(?<=\\G.{8})"),
   #result="S-1-5",
   #subAuths.{
     #BE = #this.substring(6,8) + #this.substring(4,6) + #this.substring(2,4) + #this.substring(0,2),
     #DEC = #i.parseLong(#BE,16),
     #result = #result + "-" + #DEC
   },
   #result
   ```

3. Click **Save**.