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title: Defining extended properties
description: You can define extended properties using the PingFederate administrative console.
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# Defining extended properties

You can define extended properties using the PingFederate administrative console.

## Steps

1. Go to **System > Server >** **Extended Properties**.

2. Add the extended properties.

   1. Enter the applicable property name under **Name**.

      After being added and saved, the name can't be modified, but you can delete the extended property completely.

   2. (Optional) In the **Description** field, enter a description for the extended property.

   3. If the extended property should allow multiple values, select the **Multivalued** checkbox.

      |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
      | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
      |   | If you have initially added a single-valued extended property, you can make it a multivalued extended property by selecting the **Multivalued** checkbox later.If you initially added a multivalued extended property and you clear the **Multivalued** checkbox later, when you try to make changes to a connection or an OAuth client configured with multiple values for this extended property, the administrative console prompts you to reconfigure the connection or the client until only one value exists for this extended property. |

   4. Click **Add**.

   5. (Optional) Repeat these steps to define additional extended properties.

   Click **Edit**, **Update**, or **Cancel** to make or undo a change to an existing entry. Click **Delete** or **Undelete** to remove an existing entry or cancel the removal request.