Federation Security Services Guide › Use an Attribute Authority to Authorize Users › Set up a SAML Requestor to Generate Attribute Queries › Configure the NameID for the Attribute Query

Configure the NameID for the Attribute Query

When a SAML Requester sends a query message to the Attribute Authority, it includes the NameID of the user whose attributes it is requesting. When you configure the NameID, you are specifying how the NameID is obtained by the SAML Requester so it can be placed in the attribute query.

To specify a NameID

1. If necessary, select the authentication scheme you want to configure and access the Authentication Scheme Properties dialog.
2. Click Additional Configuration and select the Name IDs tab.
3. Define the following for the NameID:
   • Name ID format
   • Name ID Type
   • Name ID Fields
4. Click OK to save your changes.

You may be prompted to configure the backchannel if it is not already configured.