Creating a credential

Credentials provide organization members the ability to configure authentication between various compute environments and the Tabular catalog.

Create a credential

To create a credential, navigate to the My Profile tab by clicking on your name in the Profile Menu. Towards the bottom of the profile page is a listing of all your credentials, select the Create Credential button.

Enter a name for the credential and select the Create button.

The newly created credential will appear in a New Credential window.

Note: Make sure to copy and save the credential in a secure location since you will not be able to display any existing credentials.

Create a service credential

Some features of this topic are only available to the Security Admin role.

A service credential enables a service to act on behalf of authenticated users.

Security Admins can create service credentials by navigating to Connections > Credentials. This page shows all the service credentials and member credentials for the organization. Select the Create Service Credential button.

Enter a name for the service credential and select the Create button.

The newly created credential will appear in a New Credential window.

Note: Make sure to copy and save the credential in a secure location since you will not be able to display any existing credentials.

Deactivate a credential

To deactivate a credential, navigate to your Profile Page and use the Active toggle in the credentials grid.

Delete a credential

Once a credential has been deactivated, you are able to delete the credential using the red Delete icon in the credentials grid.

Confirm you would like to delete the correct credential by selecting Delete button in the confirmation modal.