Administrator Setup - 3.Enabling SSO with PV Admin
PV Admin allows the Federated Authentication through it's in-product PV Admin SSO capability.
This allows users to not only log in to AdaptiveWork through the traditional log in page, but alternatively directly from PV Admin and therefore providing a centralized access & authentication mechanism across different Planview products and services.
To enable PV Admin SSO, the respective Administrator shall follow the steps below:
In Planview Admin
1. In PV Admin, select the Products tab > in the Planview AdaptiveWork tile:
- click 3 dots next to Manage Product > Select Enable Planview Admin authentication:

OR
- click Manage product:

- Click Enable Planview Admin authentication in the upper right corner:

2. Select Yes when prompted with the Enable Planview Admin authentication pop-up:

3. You are notified that Planview Admin authentication is now enabled:

4. PV Admin indicates the new status in the upper right corner:

In AdaptiveWork
Enabling Planview Admin authentication has now made the following updates in AdaptiveWork Settings > Global Settings > Federated Authentication pop-up:
5. the Enable Federated Authentication checkbox is checked
6. the Enable PV Admin SSO/SAML is enabled

7. the following parameters are automatically populated:
- Certificate*
- Sign-in URL*
- Sign-out URL*
- Relaying Party Identifier*
- Enable Password authentication (set to Everyone (internal and external)
- Enable API access (checked)
- Unauthenticated User URL redirect (unchecked)
- Enable Request Access (unchecked)
- Requester Access Profile (blank)
- Authentication Context (checked)*
- Name ID Format (set to SAML:1.1 Unspecified)*
- Assertion Decryption Certificate (set to Disabled)*
- Use POST (unchecked)*
- Support IDP Initiated RelayState (unchecked)*
- Advanced Verification (checked)*
- Advanced Request (unchecked)*
* locked for editing (only updateable via API)

With the successful Planview Admin Authentication (SSO), users can now log in to AdaptiveWork in the following 2 ways:
-
from the AdaptiveWork login screen > Connect via Federated Authentication

-
via Planview Admin, by clicking the AdaptiveWork tile in the Overview tab


