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title: Working with Test SP
slug: access-guide/working-with-test-sp
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createdAt: 2026-10-09T06:41:07.911Z
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The Test SP tab lets you test SP’s in your environment before using the service provider in your production deployment. You can add up to 5 test SP users in your environment.

**Prerequisite**

- Verify that you have the metadata (Entity ID) details for the test SP.

**Procedure **

1. Navigate to Settings > Test SP Users and click + Add Test SP User. The **Add Test SP User** window opens.
2. Enter the First name, Last name, Username, and Email for the SP user.
3. Click **Done**. The SP user is created.
4. On the Linked IDP tab, click + Add IDP Details and enter the **IDP Name**. Choose from one of the following options to login to the service provider:

- **Login to SP**: Click this link to log in to the service provider.
- **Copy Login URL**: Click this link to copy the SP login URL to use on a different browser.

5. Select **Upload Metadata **and upload the metadata file that you downloaded OR select **Add Metadata **and enter the details in the following table OR select **Metadata URL** and enter the URL for metadata details.

:::hint{type="info"}
When you upload the IDP metadata file, the details are populated by default.
:::

| Field               | Values                                                                          |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| IDP Name            | Test IDP name.                                                                  |
| Entity ID           | Entity ID from the metadata file.                                               |
| NameId Format       | Supported values:<br />- EMAIL<br />- PERSISTENT<br />- TRANSIENT<br />- ENTITY |
| Auth Request Signed | Yes or No                                                                       |
| Assertion Signed    | Yes or No                                                                       |
| Response Signed     | Yes or No                                                                       |
| Default IDP         | Yes or No<br />If the default IDP value is set to True,                         |
| Binding Type        | - REDIRECT<br />- POST                                                          |
| Redirect Location   | Enter the data from the metadata file.                                          |
| Post Location       | Enter the data from the metadata file.                                          |
| Signature Algorithm | RSA\_SHA1<br />RSA\_SHA256                                                      |

6. Click **Done**. The IDP details are added.
7. Click **Login to SP** to verify redirection.&#x20;
8. Login to SP redirects to Test IDP and after providing credentials and successful authentication, it redirects to Test SP.