Microsoft Entra ID
ProvisioningUnderstand how expression builder works with Application Provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID
In brief
The documentation now says to open Expression Builder from the left navigation menu instead of Attribute Mapping > Advanced Options. The page date was also updated from March 4, 2025, to August 6, 2026, and the access screenshot was removed.
What Entra admins need to know
Administrators following the previous navigation path should use the Expression builder option in the left navigation menu.
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Finding the expression builder
In application provisioning, you use expressions for attribute mappings. You access Expression Builder on the attribute mapping page by selecting the Advanced Options dropdown and then selecting Expression builder.
:::image type="content" source="media/expression-builder/accessing-expression-builder.png" alt-text="The checkbox to show advanced settings is selected and a link is shown that says expression builder" lightbox="media/expression-builder/accessing-expression-builder.png"::: from the left navigation menu.
Using expression builder
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Understand how expression builder works with Application Provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID description: Understand how expression builder works with Application Provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID. ms.topic: concept-article-ms.date: 03/04/2025+ms.date: 08/06/2026 ms.reviewer: arvinh ai-usage: ai-assisted ---@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ For reference on building expressions, see [Reference for writing expressions fo ## Finding the expression builder -In application provisioning, you use expressions for attribute mappings. You access Expression Builder on the attribute mapping page by selecting the **Advanced Options** dropdown and then selecting **Expression builder**.--:::image type="content" source="media/expression-builder/accessing-expression-builder.png" alt-text="The checkbox to show advanced settings is selected and a link is shown that says expression builder" lightbox="media/expression-builder/accessing-expression-builder.png":::+In application provisioning, you use expressions for attribute mappings. You access Expression Builder on the attribute mapping page by selecting the **Expression builder** from the left navigation menu. ## Using expression builder