Salesforce Communities attribute mapping

The following table lists common Salesforce Communities attributes that can be mapped for user provisioning.

You can find a complete list of Salesforce attributes in User in the Salesforce documentation.

Attribute

Description

Account Id

The identifier associated with a company in Salesforce Communities.

This field is required for Salesforce Communities users when provisioning customer and partner users.

Alias

The user’s short name used on list pages, reports, and other pages where the entire name doesn’t fit.

This value must be 8 characters or fewer.

Email

The user’s email address.

Email Encoding Key

The email encoding. A default set of email encoding options is provided based on your Salesforce environment.

First name

The user’s first name.

IsActive

The status of the user account in Salesforce Communities.

Language Locale Key

The user’s language.

Last name

The user’s last name.

Locale Sid Key

The locale of the user. A default set of options is provided based on your Salesforce environment.

Profile Id

The identifier associated with a user profile type in Salesforce. The profile determines the type of user and some permissions.

Learn more in Profiles in the Salesforce documentation.

Time Zone Sid Key

The user’s time zone. A default set of options is provided based on your Salesforce environment.

Username

The user’s username and Salesforce sign-on.

This value must be in the format of an email address.

Attribute mapping for Salesforce, Salesforce Communities, and Salesforce Leads and Contacts provides an ability to make required attributes optional on update, this helps update existing users.

When adding attribute mapping in the PingOne admin console, click the Update checkbox to include the attribute mapping in updates. The email attribute mapping is checked by default and included in updates.