Metadata and configuration endpoints in the SCIM API are read-only discovery endpoints. Their scope is to help an integration understand what the SCIM service supports, rather than to create, update, or retrieve individual users.

These endpoints cover three main areas:

  1. Service capabilities return the service provider configuration, including which SCIM features are supported, such as patching, bulk operations, filtering, password changes, sorting, and authentication schemes. In the source document, this is represented by GET /ServiceProviderConfig.
  2. Supported resource type list the SCIM resource types available from the service. In this API, the documented resource type is the User resource, with the /Users endpoint and the SCIM User schema.
  3. Supported schema and attributes return the attributes supported for SCIM resources, including user identifiers, name fields, active status, display name, and workspace entitlements. This helps identity providers or provisioning tools understand which fields are required, read-only, read-write, or returned by default.

In practice, these endpoints are used during setup, validation, and troubleshooting of SCIM integrations. They tell an identity provider what the Anaplan SCIM API can do and how its user resource is structured. They do not manage users directly; user management is handled by the /Users endpoints for retrieving, creating, replacing, and patching users.