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 <dt>User Mapping</dt>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight">VALT's SSO uses a 1:1 mapping to add users to the correct groups. To achieve this, we require the following attributes:
+<ul>
-<b>Unique User Identifier</b> - This attribute will be used as the username
+<li><strong>Unique User Identifier</strong> - This attribute will be used as the username.</li>
+<li><strong>Groups</strong> - This attribute will be used to define which group the user is assigned to within VALT. In addition to the name of the Group attribute, VALT will need the value associated with each group that will be logging into VALT.</li>
-<b>Groups</b> - This attribute will be used to define which group the user is assigned to within VALT. In addition to the name of the Group attribute, VALT will need the value associated with each group that will be logging into VALT
+<li><strong>Display Name</strong> - If the Unique User identifier does not correspond with the person's name, this attribute will set an easy-to-identify display name for the user.</li>
+</ul></dd>
 </dl>

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 {{hr - 2}}
-{{img - resize | file = SSO Flow Chart.png}}
+{{Section - Expand | title = Image Example | color = #f6c62a | content = {{img - resize | file = SSO Flow Chart.png}} }}
 {{hr}}

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 *VALT's SSO uses <b>Just-In-Time (JIT) Provisioning</b>.
-**<em>Users are reevaluated and assigned to groups each time they log in, based on a [[Single_Sign-On_(SSO)#User_Mapping | group membership]] attribute being passed.</em>
+**<em>Users are reevaluated and assigned to groups each time they log in, based on a group membership attribute being passed.</em>
 *If a user does <u>NOT</u> have a user mapping associated with their account, the user gets moved to "<b>Users without Group</b>" and has restricted access.
 *If a user's user mapping changes, they will be moved to the correct group upon their next SSO sign-in.

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 {{:VALT SSO - VALT's Metadata File}}
 {{hr}}
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 </dl>
 {{hr}}
 {{Manual lvl 2 | title = Optional Items | content =
 VALT is also able to map custom attributes to some of the following fields for a user. Below are the user account fields that can be assigned through SSO.
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 {{hr}}

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-__NOTOC__
+{{Article - Manual | title = SSO Configuration | content =
-{{Article | title = SSO Configuration | content =
+[[VALT SSO| &#x293A; Back to VALT SSO Main Page]]
 {{Aside - Helpful | content = VALT is compatible with <b>SAML 2.0</b>.}}
 {{Aside | content = To access SSO on your system, you may need to reach out to our support team. [https://ivs.help IVS Support]}}
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 {{hr}}
-==Scheduling an SSO Configuration==
+<h1>Scheduling a Configuration</h1>
 {{Aside - Warning | hue = 50 | content = Before configuring SSO in VALT, please make sure you've completed our [[SSO Check List]].}}
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 {{hr}}
-<h2>SSO Authentication</h2>
+<h1>Authentication</h1>
 SSO accounts are automatically created when a user logs in for the first time. The user can be placed in the proper group automatically upon login by mapping SSO attributes to a user group within VALT.
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 {{hr}}
-==Metadata Files==
+<h1>Metadata Files</h1>
 {{:VALT SSO - VALT's Metadata File}}
 {{hr}}
-==Required Information from IdP==
+<h1>Required Information (IdP)</h1>
 <dt>IdP Metadata File</dt>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight">To integrate your IdP with VALT, the metadata files from both will need to be exchanged. The VALT metadata file will be generated after the IdP metadata file is uploaded to VALT.</dd>
 <dt>User Mapping</dt>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight">VALT's SSO uses a 1:1 mapping to add users to the correct groups. To achieve this, we require the following attributes:
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 <b>Display Name</b> - If the Unique User identifier does not correspond with the person's name, this attribute will set an easy-to-identify display name for the user</dd>
-{{hr - 2}}
+</dl>
-<h3>Optional Items</h3>
+{{Manual lvl 2 | title = Optional Items | content =
 VALT is also able to map custom attributes to some of the following fields for a user. Below are the user account fields that can be assigned through SSO.
 {{hr - 2}}
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 <dd class="singleLineHeight"><em>If the VALT application is not connected to mail server, this field is not used for anything.</em></dd>
 </dl>
 {{hr}}
-<h2>Additional Settings</h2>
+<h1>Additional Settings</h1>
 Shibboleth needs the following settings configured to function with VALT.
-{{hr - 2}}
+<table class="wikitable">
-[[VALT SSO| &#x293A; Back to VALT SSO Main Page]]
+{{Top of Page}}
 }}

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 <dl>
 <dt>PIN</dt>
-<dd class="singleLineHeight">This specifies the code used for authentication into [[BEAM]].</dd>
+<dd class="singleLineHeight">This specifies the code used for authentication into [[BEAM Main Page|BEAM]].</dd>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight"><em>Without one set, no pin is needed to enter BEAM</em>.</dd>
 <dt>Card Number</dt>

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		+	{{hr}}
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		+	==Metadata Files==
		+	{{:VALT SSO - VALT's Metadata File}}

	{{hr}}		{{hr}}

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 {{Aside - Helpful | content = As of VALT 6, the metadata file from the IdP will be required for configuring SSO.}}
 <dl>
 <dt>Identity Provider (IdP) URL</dt>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight">This refers to the service or application that manages and authenticates user identities, which VALT will use to verify login credentials.</dd>

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 <dd class="singleLineHeight">This specifies the user attribute (such as username or email) that VALT displays within the application.</dd>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight"><em>Helpful when people are not easy to recognize by the username field</em>.</dd>
-<dt>Pin Code</dt>
+<dt>PIN</dt>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight">This specifies the code used for authentication into [[BEAM]].</dd>
 <dd class="singleLineHeight"><em>Without one set, no pin is needed to enter BEAM</em>.</dd>