Creating custom user attribute and mapping

Create custom user attributes in MaaS360® and map them with the Microsoft Entra ID user attributes.

Procedure

  1. From the IBM® MaaS360 Portal home page, select Users > User Attributes.
  2. Create a custom user attribute in MaaS360. For more information, see Managing user attributes in the IBM MaaS360 Portal.
  3. After the attribute is created and listed, copy the Variable Name value of the attribute.
  4. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra Portal with a Global Administrator account.
  5. In the Microsoft Entra Portal, go to the User Provisioning application.
  6. In the Attribute Mappings section, select the Show advanced options section and click Edit attribute list for customappsso.
  7. Add a new user attribute by prefixing it with urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:ibmmaas360:2.0:User:, and then followed by the variable name of the custom user attribute copied from the MaaS360 Portal.

    For example, if the variable name is employeeNumber, add the user attribute as urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:ibmmaas360:2.0:User:employeeNumber to the user attribute list.

  8. Save the changes.
  9. Go to the Add New Mapping section and map the newly created user attribute to the appropriate Microsoft Entra ID user attribute.
    Important: Ensure that all required user attribute mappings are added in the Microsoft Entra user provisioning application before you start the initial provisioning. Adding a new user attribute to the attribute list in the Microsoft Entra provisioning application retriggers the provisioning process.