When CICS Explorer™ attempts
to establish a system connection it must send your credential details,
that is your user ID and password or pass phrase, to the system for
authentication. When you have defined a credential you can use it
on systems that share the credential without re-entering the details
every time. You must have at least one credential before you can connect
to a system.
Before you begin
Before proceeding, ensure that you have all your system connection
details and that you have the correct level of authorization to connect
to your system
Procedure
- Click Window > Preferences from the workbench menu
bar, and expand CICS Explorer. Click Credentials.
The Credentials Preferences view is displayed.
- Click Add to add a new credential.
- Complete the fields with the details provided by your system
administrator. The following table provides a description of the fields.
Option |
Description |
Name |
The local name used to identify this credential. The name
can be anything you like and is used only to help you distinguish
between different credentials. |
User ID |
Your authorized user ID. |
Password |
Your password or pass phrase for the user ID. You must select
the "Save password" check box before you can enter your password
or pass phrase. If the check box is not selected you cannot enter
a password or pass phrase. |
Note: You might have a single user ID but use a different password
for different systems. If you have, you can either define multiple
credentials, each one having the same user ID but with different credential
names and passwords or pass phrases, or you can choose not to save
the password or pass phrase, in which case you are required to enter
them every time you connect to a system.
- Click Apply to save the credential or Cancel to
cancel the process and close the Preferences view without saving the
new credential.
What to do next
When you click
Apply CICS Explorer saves the credential
you have defined.
You can now click Connections in
the Preferences menu to configure a system connection, or OK to
close the Preferences view.