Configure SAML SSO Using PingOne
Provides instructions for configuring
Adaptive Planning
to accept SAML SSO tokens from your instance of PingOne. Your PingOne instance is an identity provider and Adaptive Planning
is a service provider. Prerequisites
- A PingOne account with administrative permissions
- AnAdaptive Planningaccount with administrative permissions
- A confirmation email fromAdaptive Planningstating that SAML has been provisioned on your instance
Add Adaptive Planning to PingOne
Adaptive Planning
to PingOne- Log in to PingOne.
- Go toApplications > My Applications.
- ClickAdd New Application.
- ChooseSearch Application Catalog.
- In the search text box, enterAdaptive Planning.
- SelectAdaptive Planningto start setting up the application.
- Download the SAML Metadata and open the SAML Metadata xml document from PingOne.

- Copy the Identity Provider EntityID from the downloaded SAML Metadata XML document and use it in theAdaptive PlanningAdmin > SAML SSO SettingsIdentity Provider Entity ID field.
- Copy the IDP SSO URL (with Bindings-POST) from the downloaded SAML Metadata XML document. You will use this URL inAdaptive Planningwhen setting up the Identity Provider SSO URL field.
- From PingOneDownloadtheSigning Certificateand save the certificate in a location you will remember.
- FromAdaptive Planning, go toAdmin > SAML SSO Settingsscreen, upload the PingOne signing certificate you downloaded.
- Click Save.
- Configure the entity ID in PingOne:
- InAdaptive Planning, copy theAdaptive PlanningSSO URL found at the bottom ofAdmin > SAML SSO Settingsscreen.
- In PingOne, go to SAML Settings for theAdaptive Planningapp and paste the URL in both theACS URLSandEntity IDfields.
- From PingOne, copy theInitiate Single Sign-On (SSO) URLand paste it into a browser and attempt an SSO.After successfully testing your setup, you can enable SAML SSO for your users. See Enabling SAML SSO for all Users in Adaptive Planning.
SSO Into Excel Interface for Planning and OfficeConnect
After you've successfully configured and tested SAML SSO,
Excel Interface for Planning
and OfficeConnect
users can
sign in using only their usernames. They can leave the password field blank.PingOne SAML SSO Limitation
Users who configure PingOne as their Identity Provider may need to reenter login
credentials each time they connect to
Adaptive Planning
, including OfficeConnect
and Excel Interface for Planning
.