# Steps to configure

## Steps to configure

**1**. **Group type:** Create at least one organizational unit with the role holder attribute active (yes).

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/L4LUdou2xWfqk6ug-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/L4LUdou2xWfqk6ug-image.png)

[*https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-3-reference-guide/page/group-type*](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-3-reference-guide/page/group-type)

**2. Groups:** Assign Groups to the organizational unit. Define groups with the appropriate group type.

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/hc6QKTrCkOkR72mp-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/hc6QKTrCkOkR72mp-image.png)

[*https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-3-reference-guide/page/groups*](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-3-reference-guide/page/groups)

**3. Custom attributes:** (Optional) You can include new custom attributes to this membership relationship, go to Metadata page and select the GroupUser to add these attributes.

**4. Attribute definition:** Define the **Attributes to deliver** from the identity providers to the service providers

4.1. Holder group

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/LMDZvT2JNV6CL7pg-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/LMDZvT2JNV6CL7pg-image.png)

4.2. Role & group membership

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/QUL4LW17BGSwBW0N-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/QUL4LW17BGSwBW0N-image.png)

**5. Attribute sharing policies:** Define the policies to share the attributes with each service provider.

In this case, the Holder group, and Role & group membership attributes will be always shared.

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/UjRCTQjRBGXzi5wQ-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/UjRCTQjRBGXzi5wQ-image.png)

**6. Service Provider:** Configure the service providers, indicating in which ones the headline group should be requested[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/scaled-1680-/POAwtVnvJtwN0PsP-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/POAwtVnvJtwN0PsP-image.png)