TextExpander 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.

   You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.

3. In the Set up single sign-on (SSO) section, download the IDP metadata.

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

Send an email to TextExpander support at [email protected] requesting that SSO be enabled for your account, and attach the IDP metadata file you downloaded in Step 1.

TextExpander will contact you when they've enabled SSO for your account. They'll also send you your account ID, which you need to complete SSO setup in the Admin console in the next step. 

Note: TextExpander may provide your account ID as part of a sign-in URL, for example: https://app.textexpander.com/acs/{accountID}.

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 TextExpander in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the TextExpander SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details page, click Continue.
7. On the Service provider details page, edit the ACS URL, replacing {uniqueid-provided-by-sp} with your TextExpander account ID (emailed to you by TextExpander support).
8. Click Continue.
9. On the Attribute mapping page, click the Select field menu and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding TextExpander attributes:
    

   Google directory attribute	TextExpander attribute
   Basic Information > First Name	firstName
   Basic Information > Last Name	lastName
   Basic Information > Primary Email	email

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 groups attribute name of the corresponding 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. 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 TextExpander.
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. 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 TextExpander user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

TextExpander supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

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 TextExpander.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   TextExpander 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.

SP-initiated

1. Navigate to https://app.textexpander.com/ssoSignin and enter your TextExpander account email.

   You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign-in page.

2. Enter your sign in credentials.

After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you're automatically redirected back to TextExpander.