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title: "<LDAPSearch> element"
description: An LDAPSearch element has the following XML attributes:
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# \<LDAPSearch> element

An `LDAPSearch` element has the following XML attributes:

* `baseDN`: a required element specifying the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>An open, cross platform protocol used for interacting with directory services.\</p>
  \</div>)* search base distinguished name (DN) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>A name uniquely identifying an object within the hierarchy of a directory tree.\</p>
  \</div>)* to be used when querying for the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>An application-level, HTTP-based protocol for provisioning and managing user identity information. SCIM supplies a common schema for representing users and groups and provides a REST API.\</p>
  \</div>)* resource.

* `filter`: a required element specifying an LDAP filter that matches entries representing the SCIM resource. This filter is typically an equality filter on the LDAP object class.

* `resourceIDMapping`: an optional element specifying a mapping from the SCIM resource ID to an LDAP attribute. When the element is omitted, the resource ID maps to the LDAP entry DN.

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|   | The `LDAPSearch` element can be added as a top-level element outside of any `<Resource>` elements, and then referenced within them with an `ID` attribute. |