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title: String SCIM 2.0 attribute mappings
description: String System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) 2.0 attribute mappings can be used for cases in which the SCIM attribute has a value that is a single JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) string or an array of JSON strings. The value will not be transformed in any way when converting between the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and SCIM representations of an entry.
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# String SCIM 2.0 attribute mappings

String 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>)* 2.0 attribute mappings can be used for cases in which the SCIM attribute has a value that is a single JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>An open, lightweight data-interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data.\</p>
\</div>)* string or an array of JSON strings. The value will not be transformed in any way when converting between the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>An open, cross platform protocol used for interacting with directory services.\</p>
\</div>)* and SCIM representations of an entry.

Additional configuration properties that are available for string SCIM 2.0 attribute mappings include:

* `ldap-attribute-name`

  The name of the LDAP attribute (in the mapped representation of the source entry generated by the sync class) whose values will be used as the values of the SCIM 2.0 attribute. This is required.

* `single-valued`

  Indicates whether the SCIM 2.0 attribute is single-valued or multivalued. If this is `true`, then the SCIM 2.0 representation of the attribute value will be as a JSON string. If this is `false`, then the SCIM 2.0 representation of the attribute value will be as a JSON array of strings.

You can use the following example configuration change to create a string SCIM 2.0 attribute mapping:

```
dsconfig create-scim2-attribute-mapping \
     --mapping-name userName \
     --type string \
     --set scim-attribute-name:userName \
     --set ldap-attribute-name:uid \
     --set attribute-usage:fetch \
     --set attribute-usage:create-during-realtime-sync \
     --set attribute-usage:create-during-resync \
     --set attribute-usage:update-during-realtime-sync \
     --set attribute-usage:update-during-resync \
     --set single-valued:true
```