diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
index ef05a1a99a8c7d046bf1d80114575fc17c406c4a..e97ce1194e058cd6fc6c5fac1641f0e207e4e2a2 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
                 "isDefault",
                 "readOnly"
             ]
+        },
+        "organization": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                    "name": {"type": "string"},
+                    "excluded_nrens": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
+                    "excluded_dashboards": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "name",
+                "excluded_nrens",
+                "excluded_dashboards"
+            ]
         }
     },
 
@@ -38,7 +51,8 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
         "admin_password": {"type": "string"},
         "hostname": {"type": "string"},
         "listen_port": {"type": "integer"},
-        "organizations": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
+        "inventory_provider": {"type": "string"},
+        "organizations": {"type": "array", "items": {"$ref": "#definitions/organization"}},
         "datasources": {
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
@@ -51,6 +65,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
         "admin_username",
         "admin_password",
         "hostname",
+        "inventory_provider",
         "organizations",
         "datasources"
     ],
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 39e0477f6ee2cc706c37609b4975837fea6acad2..09de236391600e07f080295c84fbcf3fdee897e1 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -11,11 +11,28 @@ def data_config():
         "admin_username": "fakeadmin",
         "admin_password": "fakeadmin",
         "hostname": "myfakehostname.org",
+        "inventory_provider": "inventory-provider01.geant.org:8080",
         "organizations": [
-            'Testorg1',
-            'GÉANT Testorg2',
-            'NRENsTestorg3',
-            'General Public'
+            {
+                "name": "Testorg1",
+                "excluded_nrens": [],
+                "excluded_dashboards": []
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "GÉANT Testorg2",
+                "excluded_nrens": [],
+                "excluded_dashboards": []
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "NRENsTestorg3",
+                "excluded_nrens": [],
+                "excluded_dashboards": []
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "General Public",
+                "excluded_nrens": ["JISC", "PSNC"],
+                "excluded_dashboards": []
+            }
         ],
         "datasources": {
             "influxdb": {