Attribute-level sourcing

Attribute-level sourcing lets you specify different profile sources for individual user attributes. Without it, all of a user's attributes are provided by a single profile source.

An Okta user's profile source is typically a directory service like Active Directory or an app like Workday. If you use multiple directories or apps, you can prioritize profile sources so that user attributes are sourced from different sources based on their assignments. Attribute-level sourcing takes this a step further, letting you designate different profile sources for different user attributes.

For example, an Okta user may have their profile attributes like first name, last name, and department sourced from Workday.

When you use attribute-level sourcing, attributes can be sourced from different directories. For example, you can source a user's email address from Active Directory and their personal email and preferred display name from Okta. This allows users to user to manage their personal emails and preferred display names themselves.

Profile sourcing only applies to Okta user profiles, not app user profiles.

Complete the following tasks to use attribute-level sourcing:

• Make an app the profile source
• Define the attribute profile source
• Map profile attributes