View and Manage External Credentials

The View and Manage External Credentials page displays all external credentials located in the Platform that you have privileges to view. You can view and sort credentials, as well as delete credentials, and manage user group associations.

o User Group Configuration -- this column includes Edit and View links for viewing and modifying user group associations for a particular credential.

Procedures from this page

From this page, you can choose to filter the list of credentials based on search criteria, view more information for a credential, remove credentials from the Platform, or modify user group configuration.

Filter credentials

1. If the Simple filter boxes do not appear above the column headings, click Filters to display them.

2. If the table shows a filtered list already, you can view all external credentials to which you have privileges by clicking Filter (without typing any search values). If the table shows a complete list of the credentials to which you have privileges, narrow your search, using any or all of the following criteria.

a. In the box above the Name column, type all or part of the name of the credential(s) you want to find. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the name you do not type.

b. In the box above the User Name column, type all or part of the user name you want to find.

c. In the box above the Domain column, type the domain to include in the search.

d. In the box above the Endpoint column, type the endpoint to include in the search.

3. Click Filter.

All external credentials defined in the Platform that contain the defined search value(s) are displayed in the table.

Edit the details for an external credential

1. Click the Name for an external credential shown in the table. The View or edit the details for this External Credential page appears.

2. Modify any of the information under the External Credential section:

Name -- (required) The unique name by which this credential can be searched for.
Domain -- The domain that the username belongs to.
Username -- The username for the account.
Password -- The password for the account.
API Key --The key used for authenticating an API user.
API Secret -- The oauth-style secret that corresponds to the API key.
Endpoint -- The URL or hostname that this credential applies to.

3. Add any External Credential Parameters for this external credential (up to 10 parameters):

a. Enter a Name. The name must be unique for each parameter of a single external credential.

b. Enter a Value.

c. In the Action column, click Add. Continue adding up to 10 External Credential Parameters, as needed.

4. Remove any External Credential Parameters for this credential by clicking the Delete link next to the Parameter value.

5. When you have finished modifying this external credential, click Save Changes.

Modify user group configuration

In the User Group Configuration column of the table for a specific external credential:

§ Click User Group View Permissions to modify User Groups that handle View Permissions.

§ Click User Group Edit Permissions to modify User Groups that handle Edit Permissions.

Delete credentials

1. Select the check box(es) for the external credential(s) you want to remove. To remove all credentials shown in this page (not the entire table), select the check box in the table heading.

2. Click Remove External Credentials. A message appears prompting you to confirm that you want to permanently remove these credentials.

3. Click OK. The assets are removed from the table and Platform.