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description: Create custom attributes to capture useful and unique information. With custom attributes, you can get more information about a user’s identity such as an address or job title. Configure custom attributes for your external client app in the Policies tab.
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# Configure a Custom Attribute for External Client Apps

Create custom attributes to capture useful and unique information. With custom attributes, you can get more information about a user’s identity such as an address or job title. Configure custom attributes for your external client app in the Policies tab.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42181e49 ">To configure custom attributes</td>
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You can add up to 128 attributes. Each new attribute must have a unique key and must use an available field.

Each custom attribute must have a unique key and must use an existing field. For example, assign a key name, such as country and insert the field $Organization.Country. When using OAuth, attributes are available as a `custom_attributes` object in the user’s Identity URL.

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter External Client Apps Manager, and then select **External Client Apps Manager**.
2. From the actions list for the external client app, select **Edit Policies**.
3. In the Custom Attribute section of the Policies page, click the add icon.
4. In the cell beneath Key, select the edit icon, and then enter a unique key.
5. In the cell beneath Value, select the edit icon, and then enter an available field.
6. Save your changes.