Defining connection credentials

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

  1. Click Window > Preferences from the workbench menu bar, and expand CICS Explorer. Click Credentials. The Credentials Preferences view is displayed.
    Connections Preferences view.
  2. Click Add to add a new credential.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.