Sumtotal cloud application

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  SecurityAuthenticationSSO with SAML applications.
3. In the Set up single sign-on (SSO) section:
   • Copy and save the SSO URL.
   • Copy and save the Entity ID.
   • Download the Certificate.

In the next step, you send this information to Sumtotal via email. After they respond, you return to the Admin console in Step 3 below to finish SSO configuration.

1. Open a Support case with Sumtotal to configure SAML for your organization.
2. Provide Sumtotal with the SSO URL, Entity ID, and Certificate you downloaded in Step 1.
3. Get the following information from Sumtotal:
   • ACS URL
   • Entity ID
   • Login URL for your organization

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter Sumtotal in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the Sumtotal SAML app and click Select.
6. Click Continue.
7. On the Service provider details page, replace the ACS URL and Entity ID with the corresponding values you got from Sumtotal Support in Step 2 above.
8. Click Continue.
9. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mapping window:

   1. Click Add Mapping.
   2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
   3. For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
10. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:

    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.

11. On the Attribute mapping page, click Finish.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Sumtotal.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
7. (Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
8. Ensure that your Sumtotal user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Note: Sumtotal only supports IdP initiated SSO. You can’t use SSO if you sign in directly to Sumtotal.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Sumtotal.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Sumtotal should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

You should be automatically redirected to your Sumtotal account.