Create Object node

The Create Object node lets you create a new object in IDM based on information collected during authentication, such as user registration.

Any managed object attributes that are marked as required in IDM must be collected during authentication in order to create the new object.

Compatibility

Product

Compatible?

PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud

Yes

PingAM (self-managed)

This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a sample Ping Identity Platform deployment.

Yes

Ping Identity Platform (self-managed)

Yes

Inputs

This node requires the managed object attributes marked as required

Configuration

Property Usage

Identity Resource

The type of managed identity resource object that this node creates. It must match the identity resource type for the current flow.

To check for the available managed identity resource types, go to the IDM admin UI, and open the Manage drop-down list in the upper right corner of the screen.

Identity managed object types are preceded by the icon.

Default: managed/user

Outputs

This node doesn’t change the shared state.

Outcomes

This node has the following outcomes:

Created
Failed

Errors

This node can log the following warning messages:

Message	Notes
Failed to create object	The preceding nodes don’t provide all the fields required to create the object.
Failed to retrieve object’s schema	The node failed to get the list of required attributes from the Identity Resource schema.

Message

Notes

Failed to create object

The preceding nodes don’t provide all the fields required to create the object.

Failed to retrieve object’s schema

The node failed to get the list of required attributes from the Identity Resource schema.

Example

The following example uses this node with the Increment Login Count node to create a new user object.

The Page node includes various nodes that collect attributes and store them in the shared node state.
The Create Object node uses these attributes to create the new user.
The Increment Login Count node resets the retry count on successful authentication of the new user.