Emburse cloud app

Using the SAML 2.0 standard, you can configure single sign-on (SSO) for a number of cloud apps. After you set up SSO, your users can use their Google Workspace credentials to sign in to an app using SSO.

Use SAML to set up SSO for Emburse

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

Step 1: Get Google identity provider information

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps .
Click Add app Search for apps.
For Enter app name, enter Emburse.
In the search results, point to Emburseand click Select.
In the Google Identity Provider detailswindow, download the identity provider metadata.
Leave the Admin console open. You'll continue with the configuration in the Admin console after the setup steps in the app.

Step 2: Set up Emburse as a SAML 2.0 service provider

Open an Incognito browser window, go to the Emburse sign-in page , and sign in with your Emburse administrator account.
Go to Admin Company Settings.
For Single Sign-On (SSO) Settings, click Enable Single Sign-On.
Enter your organization's domain name and then click Next.
For IdP Metadata, paste the identity provider metadata that you downloaded in Step 1.
Click Save.
Copy and save the Single Sign-on URL (ACS URL).
You need this detail to complete the setup in the next step.

Step 3: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider

Return to the Admin console browser tab.
In the Google Identity Provider detailswindow, click Continue.
On the Service provider detailspage, for ACS URL, paste the Single Sign-on URL (ACS URL) that you copied in Step 2.
Click Continue.
In the Attribute Mappingwindow, click Select fieldand map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding Emburse attributes. The firstName and lastName attributes are required.

Google directory attribute Emburse attribute

Basic Information > First Name firstName

Basic Information > Last Name lastName
(Optional) To add additional mappings, click Add Mappingand select the fields that you need to map.
(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 corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.
Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping .
Click Finish.

Google directory attribute	Emburse attribute
Basic Information > First Name	firstName
Basic Information > Last Name	lastName

Step 4: Turn on app for users

Before you begin: To turn a service on or off for certain users, put their accounts in an organizational unit (to control access by department) or add them to an access group (to allow access for users across or within departments).

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps .
Click Emburse.
Click User access.
To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyoneor Off for everyone, and then click Save.
(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.
    Learn more about organizational structure .
(Optional) 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 .
Ensure that your Emburse user account email domains match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.

Step 5: Verify SSO is working

Emburse supports both identity provider-initiated and service provider-initiated SSO.

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps .
Click Emburse.
In the Embursesection, click Test SAML Login.
The app should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot the error message and try again. For details on troubleshooting, go to SAML app error messages .

Verify service provider-initiated SSO

Close all browser windows.
Go to the Emburse sign-in page and sign in with your Emburse administrator account.
Click Log In with SSO.
You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page.
Select your account and enter your password.
Click Sign in.
A verification code is sent to the phone associated with your admin account.
Click Verify Code.

After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.

Step 6: Set up user provisioning

As a super administrator, you can automatically provision users in the app. For details, go to Configure Emburse user provisioning .

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