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title: Using SAML 2.0 templates
description: After selecting a SAML template, use that template to apply user authentication and authorization support to an application.
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version: 2.2
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revdate: August 11, 2023
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  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
  result-2: Result:
  result-3: Result:
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# Using SAML 2.0 templates

After selecting a SAML template, use that template to apply user authentication and authorization support to an application.

## Before you begin

You must provide:

* The name of the application.

* A brief, accurate description of your application.

* Attribute mapping information, used to map your application attributes to the identity attributes required from the identity provider to verify users' identities.

## Steps

1. In PingCentral, on the **Select Metadata** page, complete one of the following tasks:

   ### Result:

   * Provide a metadata file from service provider (SP) connections, which might include entity IDs, ACS URLs, and certificates. Click **Choose file** to provide the file.

   * Provide a URL to the metadata file. Click **Or Use URL** to provide the URL.

   * Skip this step and provide the Entity ID, ACS URL, certificate, and attributes, or all of this information, during the promotion process.

   If you choose to provide a metadata file, the information in the file shows on the page.

   ![Screen capture of the Select Metadata page after a metadata file is provided.](_images/hac1582759323012.png)

2. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Map Attributes** page, to map the application attributes to the identity attributes required to fulfill the authentication policy contract in PingFederate, select identity attributes in the **Identity Attribute** list or click to add static values in the **Static Value** field.

   1. **Optional:** If attribute sources are defined in the underlying connection, select the **- Data Store -** identity attribute option and the applicable data store values.

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      |   | To ensure successful promotion, the target PingFederate must have the necessary Data Stores with identical names as required for authentication policy contract mapping. |

   2. **Optional:** To define an OGNL expression and fine-tune attribute values to meet your needs, select the **- Expression -** identity attribute option and enter an **Expression Value** in the appropriate field.

      ![Screen capture of the expressions you can add to your application attributes.](_images/ldx1635364871454.png)

4. When you're finished, click **Next**.

5. On the **Describe Application** page, enter the name of the application and a description in the appropriate fields.

   ### Result:

   You are adding this application to PingCentral, so your name will automatically populate the **Owners** field.

6. **Optional:** To add owners or groups of owners, click the **Owners** field and select additional owners in the list. Click **Next**.

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   |   | If the name you are looking for isn't showing in the list, contact your PingCentral administrator and request that the person be provisioned. |

7. Click **Save and Close**.

   ### Result:

   The application is added at the top of the list of applications on the **Applications** page.