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title: collectiveExclusions
description: This operational attribute identifies the collective attributes to exclude from the entry. The value excludeAllCollectiveAttributes causes all collective attributes to be excluded.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
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# collectiveExclusions

This operational attribute identifies the collective attributes to exclude from the entry. The value `excludeAllCollectiveAttributes` causes all collective attributes to be excluded.

|                             |                                                                |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 2.5.18.7                                                       |
| *Names*                     | collectiveExclusions                                           |
| *Syntax*                    | [OID](s-OID.html)                                              |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [objectIdentifierMatch](mr-objectIdentifierMatch.html)         |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html) |
| *Single value*              | false: multiple values allowed                                 |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                           |
| *Usage*                     | directoryOperation                                             |
| *Origin*                    | [RFC 3671](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3671)      |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                   |