VizPortal debug-level logs will resemble those attached below.
Date/Time -AuthNResponse (...) <AttributeStatement><Attribute Name="username"><AttributeValue> [USERNAME}</AttributeValue></Attribute>
(...)
Date/Time -SAMLResponse attributes: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/upn=[USERNAME], username=[USERNAME]}
Date/Time -Considering domain null extracted from in saml response for username [USERNAME]
Date/Time -Using domain [DefaultDomain] extracted from username in saml response for username [USERNAME]
Date/Time -Using fully qualified username [DefaultDomain]\[USERNAME] from saml response
Date/Time -SAML IDP login was successful, proceeding to create session for username : [DefaultDomain]\[USERNAME] authUserId : Optional.absent() displayName : Optional.absent() email : Optional.absent() logoutSupported : true on provided target site null
(...)
Date/Time -Attempting SSO login for username [DefaultDomain]\[USERNAME] domain null. No specific site provided.
(...)
Date/Time - ERROR com.tableausoftware.domain.user.saml.SAMLExtendedProcessingFilter - SAML Authentication Failed, please contact the administrator.
com.tableausoftware.domain.exceptions.LoginFailedException: Failed to find the system user {UserIdentity[idProvider=, domain=[DefaultDomain], userName=[USERNAME]} (errorCode=5)
Documentation:
https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/saml_requ.htm
https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/config_saml.htm
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