The Database Attribute Provider displays a specified set of attributes from the external database directory service to which a user or group belongs. The attributes displayed in the Database Attributes panel are not editable but they are available for the global wiring feature described in Wiring a Principal Attribute to a Portlet Property.

This attribute provider is not applicable to users or groups in the system directory service. Similar attributes are included in the User Profile Attribute Provider described in The User Profile Attribute Provider.