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title: Mapping attributes to user accounts
description: Map attribute values in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) request to user-account attributes.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.1
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canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.1/administrators_reference_guide/help_inboundprovisioningmappingwriteusersstate.html
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docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: July 5, 2022
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Mapping attributes to user accounts

Map attribute values in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) request to user-account attributes.

## About this task

![Screen capture of the Attribute Fulfillment tab](_images/xxh1564003530452.jpg)

## Steps

1. On the **Attribute Fulfillment** tab, for each attribute, select a source from the **Source** list and then choose or enter a value. You must map all attributes.

   **Context**

   When selected, the **Value** list populates with the available context of the transaction. Select the desired context from the list.

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   |   | As the `HTTP Request` context value is retrieved as a Java object rather than text, use OGNL expressions to evaluate and return values. |

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   |   | If you are configuring an **OAuth Attribute Mapping** configuration and have added `PERSISTENT_GRANT_LIFETIME` as an extended attribute in the **Authorization Server Settings** window, you can set the lifetime of persistent grants based on the outcome of attribute mapping expressions or the per-client `Persistent Grants Max Lifetime` setting.- To set lifetime based on the per-client `Persistent Grants Max Lifetime` setting, select **Context** from the **Source** list and **Default Persistent Grant Lifetime** from the **Value** list.

   - To set lifetime based on the outcome of attribute mapping expressions, select **Expression** as the source and enter an OGNL expression in the **Value** field.

     If the expression returns a positive integer, the value represents the lifetime of the persistent grant in minutes.

     If the expression returns the integer 0, PingFederate does not store the grant and does not issue a refresh token.

     If the expression returns any other value, PingFederate sets the lifetime of the persistent grant based on the per-client **Persistent Grants Max Lifetime** setting.

   - To set a static lifetime, select **Text** from the **Source** list and enter a static value in the **Value** field.

     This is suitable for testing purposes, or cases where the persistent grant lifetime must always be set to a specific value. |

   **Expression**

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   |   | Enable OGNL expression by editing the `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/data/config-store/org.sourceid.common.ExpressionManager.xml` file. Restart PingFederate after saving the change.For a clustered PingFederate environment, edit the `org.sourceid.common.ExpressionManager.xml` file on the console node, sign on to the administrative console to replicate this change to all engine nodes in the **System > Server > Cluster Management** window, and restart all nodes. |

   This option provides more complex mapping capabilities, such as transforming incoming values into different formats. All of the variables available for text entries are also available for expressions.

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   |   | If two attribute values from a SCIM request need to be mapped to one LDAP attribute value, use an OGNL expression to create it. |

   **SCIM User**

   When you make this selection, the associated **Value** list populates with defined components of the SCIM request.

   **No Mapping**

   Select this option to ignore the **Value** field.

   **Text**

   The value is what you enter. This can be text only, or you can mix text with references to any of the values from the SCIM request using the `${attribute}`syntax.

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   |   | You can reference attribute values in the form of `$\{attributeName:-defaultValue}`. The default value is optional. When specified, it is used at runtime if the attribute value is not available. Do not use `$\{` and `}` in the default value. |

2. Click **Done**.