When CICS Explorer™ attempts
to establish a system connection it must send your credential details,
that is your user ID and password, 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 for the user ID. You must select the "Save
password" check box before you can enter your password. If the
check box is not selected you cannot enter a password |
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 you can choose not to save the password, in
which case you are required to enter the password 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.