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0D5WR00001iahxm0AAOkta Classic EngineUniversal DirectoryAnswered2026-06-05T14:24:40.000Z2026-06-01T19:37:56.000Z2026-06-05T14:24:40.000Z

IsaacB.81593 (Customer) asked a question.

June 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
JSON/Object in stringSwitch expression

I'm trying to map an Okta attribute value to Cornerstone. The attribute is "Organization." In Cornerstone, this attribute is an "object" type.

 

It appears that I can map a set of values via a JSON literal in Profile Editor, e.g., {"id":0,"name":"xxxx","typeId":2}:

 

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But I want to do this with a stringSwitch expression, as in

 

String.stringSwitch(user.department, {default JSON},"accounting",{accounting JSON})

 

But I get "Error in evaluating expression" in Profile editor.

 

Is there a way to sent JSONs in the stringSwitch expression?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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  • IsaacB.81593 (Customer)

    Thanks Mihai. I found an alternate approach to setting the organization. Since we assign the app via group and each group is associated with a specified organization, we can set the organization value at group assignment while setting the profile mapping to "do not map:"

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  • Mihai Negoita - Okta (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi @IsaacB.81593 (Customer)​ , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community! 

     

    I could not find any explicit use cases for JSON use in conjunction with the attribute mappings functions and I don't have an app integration with a sample attribute of the "object" type to test with and confirm.  

    That being said, just to validate the syntax structure I tested a couple of things with a generic string attribute using the following: 

     

    String.stringSwitch(user.department, '{"id":0,"name":"Default","typeId":2}', "accounting", '{"id":1,"name":"Accounting","typeId":2}')  

     

     

    Here are the results for a test user: 

     

    >When the user's "Department" attribute is set to something like "sales" - > output is:

    "{\"id\":0,\"name\":\"Default\",\"typeId\":2}"

      (l'ame 

     

    >When the user's "Department" attribute is set to something like "accounting" - > output is:

    "{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"Accounting\",\"typeId\":2}"

    String 

     

    I'm not sure your downstream app will parse this in the expected values, though. The String.stringSwitch function's return type will be "string". You will need to test and confirm.  

     

     

     

    If my answer helped, remember to mark it as best to increase its visibility for other members of the Okta Community who might have the same questions as you. 

     

    Hope my answer helps! 

     

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  • IsaacB.81593 (Customer)

    Hello Mihai. When I enclose the JSON in quotes, I get an error: "Invalid value data type for property 'Organization'" That's expected as I'm now sending a string for an Object type. Thank you.

  • IsaacB.81593 (Customer)

    Thanks Mihai. I found an alternate approach to setting the organization. Since we assign the app via group and each group is associated with a specified organization, we can set the organization value at group assignment while setting the profile mapping to "do not map:"

    image

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JSON/Object in stringSwitch expression