Defining Connection Credentials

When Application Performance Analyzer attempts to establish a system connection, it must send your credential details, that is your user ID and password or pass phrase, to the Application Performance Analyzer Listener on z/OS® for authentication. Each credential can be used on systems that share the credential without re-entering the details every time. At least one credential must be defined before a connection to Application Performance Analyzer can be established.

Before Starting

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

1. On the workbench menu bar click Window > Manage Connections. The Host Connections view opens. The following figure shows the Host Connections view from the CICS Explorer®, showing the Application Performance Analyzer connection category and credentials.
   Figure 1. Host Connections View

   
2. Click Add in the Credentials section to add a new credential. The New Credentials window opens.
   Figure 2. New Credentials

   

   Preference	Description
   Name	The local name is used to identify the credential.
   User ID	TSO userid that is to be used for the Application Performance Analyzer Communications.
   Password	Password/pass phrase for TSO userid that is to be used for the Application Performance Analyzer Communications. "Save Password" must be checked before the Password preference is enabled.
   Save Password	Save the password. Default: false

3. Enter your credential details and provide a credential name. The name can be anything you like, and is used only to help you distinguish between different credentials. If you do not type a name, then the default name used is the same as the User ID. Select the Save Password checkbox to save the password.
   Note: You might have a single user ID, but use different passwords for different systems. In this case, you can define multiple credentials, each one having the same user ID but with a different credential name and password or pass phrase. Alternatively, you can choose to define one credential, but not to save the password or pass phrase, in which case you are required to enter them when you connect to a system.
4. Click OK to save the credential or Cancel to cancel the process and close the window without saving the credential.

What to do next

You can click Add in the ‘Connections’ of the Host Connections view to configure an Application Performance Analyzer connection. Alternatively, click Connect to start the connection.