# Identity attribute reference

**URL:** <https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/identity-attribute-reference/26748>\
**Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\
**Tags:** identity-security-cloud\
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/identity-attribute-reference/26748 "2024-01-24T17:29:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manju22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Manju22](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/Manju22)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/identity-attribute-reference/26748/1 "2024-01-24T17:29:27Z")

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For a few users, the manager email address is updated in the AD extension attribute.

We need to manager correlation for those identities using that extension attribute, which contains the email address of the identity.

How can this be accomplished?

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**Author:** ![zachm117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/zachm117/32/3883_2.png) [@zachm117](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/zachm117)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/identity-attribute-reference/26748/2 "2024-01-25T12:26:55Z")

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Hello!

If I am understanding this correctly and all of the identities are from the same authoritative source and have the same identity profile and you are trying to use different attributes based off certain conditions, it sounds like you would need a complex manager correlation rule to accomplish this.

Here is a reference to how to write a [Manager Correlation Rule](https://developer.sailpoint.com/idn/docs/rules/cloud-rules/manager-correlation-rule/)

Alternatively, if the identities have different authoritative sources, you might be able to use the [standard manager correlation functionality](https://documentation.sailpoint.com/saas/help/sources/manager_correlation.html?h=rule#applying-complex-manager-correlation-requirements).

If you end up needing a complex rule, SailPoint Services can assist in writing this rule based off your requirements. Even if you do write this rule yourself, you will still need to submit it to SailPoint for review since it is a cloud executed rule. Information on this process can be found [here](https://developer.sailpoint.com/idn/docs/rules/cloud-rules).

Please let me know if this helps!

- Zach

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/identity-attribute-reference/26748/3 "2024-03-25T12:27:08Z")

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