Sumtotal cloud application

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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.

Set up SSO via SAML for Sumtotal

Here's how to set up single sign-on (SSO) via SAML for the Sumtotal application.

Step 1: Get Google identity provider (IdP) information
  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  SecurityAuthenticationSSO with SAML applications.

    You must be signed in as a  super administrator  for this task.

  3. In the  Set up single sign-on (SSO)section:
    • Copy and save the  SSO URL.
    • Copy and save the Entity ID.
    • Download the Certificate.

In the next step, you send this information to Sumtotal via email. After they respond, you return to the Admin console in Step 3 below to finish SSO configuration.

Step 2: Contact Sumtotal Support to configure SAML
  1. Open a Support case with Sumtotal to configure SAML for your organization.
  2. Provide Sumtotal with the SSO URL, Entity ID, and Certificate you downloaded in Step 1.
  3. Get the following information from Sumtotal:
    • ACS URL
    • Entity ID
    • Login URL for your organization
Step 3: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP)
  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Click Add app Search for apps.
  4. Enter Sumtotalin the search field.
  5. In the search results, hover over the SumtotalSAML app and click Select.
  6. Click  Continue.
  7. On the Service provider detailspage, replace the ACS URLand Entity ID with the corresponding values you got from Sumtotal Support in Step 2 above.
  8. Click Continue.
  9. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mappingwindow:
    1. Click Add Mapping.
    2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
    3. For  App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
  10. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the service provider’s corresponding groups attribute name.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response will include only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to  About group membership mapping .

  11. On the Attribute mappingpage, click  Finish.
Step 4: Enable the Sumtotal app
  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Select  Sumtotal.
  4. Click  User access.
  5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click  On for everyoneor  Off for everyone, and then click  Save.

  6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
    1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
    2. To change the Service status, select  Onor  Off.
    3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to  Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to  Overridden, either click Inheritto revert to the same setting as its parent, or click  Saveto keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure .
  7. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access .
  8. Ensure that your Sumtotal user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.
Step 5: Verify that the SSO is working

Note:Sumtotal only supports IdP initiated SSO. You can’t use SSO if you sign in directly to Sumtotal.

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Select  Sumtotal.
  4. At the top left, click Test SAML login

    Sumtotal should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

You should be automatically redirected to your Sumtotal account.


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