Setting up and using DeepDyve on Google SSO

If your organization uses Google for Single Sign On (SSO), here is how you can set up DeepDyve in your system. It takes roughly 5 minutes to complete. If you aren't comfortable following the set up on your own, ask your DeepDyve account manager to book a time where you can screenshare with us, and we can guide you through it.

Set Up

Go to admin.google.com and click on "Apps" and select "Web and mobile apps"
Click on "Add App" and select "Add custom SAML app"
There will now be a sequence of four steps for the setup:

App details
1. The app name will be DeepDyve. Add a description and attach a DeepDyve logo \
Google Identity Provider details
1. Collect the following data and email it to your DeepDyve contact:
  - SSO URL
  - Entity ID
  - Certificate (Download as PEM file and send as an attachment)
2. Click continue
Service provider details
1. Set ACS URL to https://www.deepdyve.com/gw-sso/acs
2. Set Entity Id to https://sso.deepdyve.com
3. Set Start URL to https://www.deepdyve.com/gw-sso/[company-code]
  - Please note: ‘[company-code]’ will be provided by your account manger’
4. The Name ID format can remain “UNSPECIFIED” and is usually the user’s primary email. Please let us know if some other identifier is used besides the user’s email
Attribute mapping
1. Click on “ADD MAPPING” and set the following attributes
  - First name–> firstName
  - Last name –> lastName
  - Primary Email –> email
  - Organization –> organization
  - Department –> department
  - Country –> country
  - Cost Center –> costCenter

Signing In

After the set up is complete, there are two ways to sign in to DeepDyve via Google Workspace:

Bookmark and visit https://www.deepdyve.com/gw-sso/[company name]
Visit admin.google.com or Gmail and click on the "Google apps" icon on the upper right. The dropdown menu will show the DeepDyve tile among other available apps. Clicking on that tile will redirect the user to DeepDyve.