Issue Adding Cost Center Attribute in Entra Provisioning

Ghebremichael, Rahwa 45

Hi,

The Cost Center attribute does not appear in the default dropdown list of source attributes within the provisioning app. Therefore, we confirmed that the default provisioning schema does not include this attribute by default. To address this, we attempted to add it manually through the Advanced Attribute option by specifying the attribute name and providing the corresponding XPath.

Upon saving the configuration, we received an error. Please see the attached screenshot for details:

Please let us know how best to proceed, thanks.

Ghebremichael, Rahwa 45 Reputation points

2025-01-23T13:35:26.9833333+00:00

@Chetan Desai will you be able to help us with this please? Thanks.
Marti Peig 880 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2025-01-23T14:12:25.31+00:00

Hi @Ghebremichael, Rahwa

Ensure that the attribute name and XPath are correctly specified. Any syntax errors can cause the configuration to fail. Also, note that directory extension attribute names are case-sensitive, make sure you enter it in the same format as defined in the directory.

I suggest you to check (if not done yet) Tutorial - Customize user provisioning attribute-mappings for SaaS applications in Microsoft Entra ID

I hope it helps.
Ghebremichael, Rahwa 45 Reputation points

2025-01-23T14:50:55.96+00:00

Hi @Marti Peig thanks. We have already checked the syntax and looks okay. So we are using the HR driven provisoing service and this is what I put in the XPATH box under the advance attribute section wd:Worker/wd:Worker_Data/wd:Organization_Data/wd:Worker_Organization_Data/wd:Organization_Data[/wd:Organization_Type_Reference/wd:ID/@wd:type="COST_CENTER"]/wd:Organization_Code/text() and I will put a screenshot for further details.

Thanks.
Ghebremichael, Rahwa 45 Reputation points

2025-01-27T15:39:54.2266667+00:00

@Marti Peig thank you very much. We followed the instruction on the link you provided then that worked. I appreciate your assistance.

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Marti Peig 880 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2025-01-23T15:07:26.8666667+00:00

Hi @Ghebremichael, Rahwa

Look at the example in Example 1: Retrieving cost center and pay group information. Seems the correct XPath would be wd:Worker/wd:Worker_Data/wd:Organization_Data/wd:Worker_Organization_Data[wd:Organization_Data/wd:Organization_Type_Reference/wd:ID[@wd:type='Organization_Type_ID']='COST_CENTER']/wd:Organization_Data/wd:Organization_Code/text()

Let me know if that helps.
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Marti Peig 880 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2025-01-27T16:32:16.99+00:00

Hi @Ghebremichael, Rahwa

Happy to see you sorted it. I've converted my comment into an answer so you can click Accept Answer and Yes for what if this answer was helpful. This will help other to quickly identify a potential resolution to the same problem.

Thanks

Marti
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