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title: Adding SAML application templates
description: All templates are listed on the Templates page. To add a new template, click Add Template.
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revdate: December 8, 2023
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  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
  result-2: Result:
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# Adding SAML application templates

## Steps

1. All templates are listed on the **Templates** page. To add a new template, click **Add Template**.

2. On the **Integration Type** page, select **SAML**. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Select SAML Connection** page, select the PingFederate environment that hosts the connection you want to use as a template, and then select the connection from the **Connection** list.

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   |   | If an environment is offline or if a PingCentral administrator has set the environment status to **Disabled**, you will be unable to select a disabled environment for template creation. |

   ### Result:

   Details regarding the connection display.

   ![This example shows the information that displays when a SAML connection is selected.](_images/ius1569688182345.png)

4. To see the JSON for the SAML connection, click **Review Configuration**.

5. On the **Name Template** page, add a name and description for your template.

   This information will help application owners select the appropriate template.

6. Select an icon to represent your template.

   The icon you choose is shown with the template name and description.

7. **Optional:** If multiple authentication policy contracts exist in the underlying connection, choose the desired contract from the **Authentication Policy Contracts** list.

8. Click **Save and Close**.

   ### Result:

   You see the new template in the list of available application templates. Application owners see the new template on the**Select Template** page.

   ![This example shows the Select Template screen, which lists the templates available for application owners to use.](../_images/jwq1600185986194.jpg)

   For SAML SP connection templates, the following items are saved:

   * Connection information

   * Attribute names and, if applicable, attribute sources defined in the associated authentication policy contract