# Remove correlation between an account and an Identity - “manuallyCorrelated” set to TRUE **URL:** \ **Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\ **Tags:** sailpoint-identity-security\ **Created:** [June 17, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684 "2025-06-17T21:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Madhurimapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Madhurimapati](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/Madhurimapati)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/1 "2025-06-17T21:27:23Z")
Hello, We have two authoritative sources, one for employees(Oracle HCM) and one for contractors(NERM). Account correlation is based on the Peron IDs on these systems. When a contractor converts to a full time employee, the person ID on the account is changed to the HCM Person ID, but it is still linked to the NERM identity. We have realized that when the provisioning of an account is done via ISC, the account has the field “manuallyCorrelated” set to TRUE and remains attached to the NERM Identity. Is there a way to remove the correlation between and Identity and an account and set the field manuallyCorrelated to False, so that it is linked to the correct employee identity? We do not require a manual workaround because we have a lot of users for whom we would like to link their accounts to their new identity automatically. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![baoussounda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/baoussounda/32/13095_2.png) [@baoussounda](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/baoussounda)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/2 "2025-06-17T22:50:08Z")
Hi @Madhurimapati, You need to check the **priority** of your two authoritative sources identity profiles and ensure that the **Employees** source has a higher priority than the **Contractors** source. This way, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC) will always assign the identity to the profile with the highest priority when there are multiple matches. To do this, you can use the [**List Identity Profiles** API](https://developer.sailpoint.com/docs/api/v3/list-identity-profiles) to view the current priorities. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/3X/e/e/ee2d8f03bb2a713968cfddfeb8b88d9eba4ea6aa.png) Then, you can use the **PATCH** API to update the priority if needed [update-identity-profile | SailPoint Developer Community](https://developer.sailpoint.com/docs/api/v3/update-identity-profile) Let me know if you need help with the exact API request syntax. ---
**Author:** ![Madhurimapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Madhurimapati](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/Madhurimapati)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/3 "2025-06-20T17:29:50Z")
Thanks @baoussounda - Will the accounts also be correlated to the correct identity and move from the Contractor source to the Employee source? ---
**Author:** ![baoussounda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/baoussounda/32/13095_2.png) [@baoussounda](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/baoussounda)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/4 "2025-06-21T09:10:11Z")
Yes @Madhurimapati it will move and correlated correctly. ---
**Author:** ![KRM7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/krm7/32/2685_2.png) [@KRM7](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/KRM7)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/5 "2025-06-21T17:41:32Z")
Old Identity accounts will not be moved to new Identity because of this flag **manuallyCorrelated: true** The reason ISC sets it as true is, if an account moved to different Identity, a new account provisioning will trigger for the old identity due to Automated Roles or Requested Access, which will create duplications. To avoid that ISC setting it as true, if it is true, aggregation process will not re-calculate. 1. Delete those accounts from old Identity, when you run aggregation next time, it will calculate correlation again and move to new identity. 2. Set this flag as false using some customizations. For customizations, you can utilize either workflows or APIs, if you go with APIs, you can run those Scripts in IQ Service. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/remove-correlation-between-an-account-and-an-identity-manuallycorrelated-set-to-true/145684/6 "2025-08-20T17:41:37Z")
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