Creating a credential

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

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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.

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Create a credential

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

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Name the credential

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

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Copy the new credential

Create a service credential

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.

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Create a service credential

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

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Name the service credential

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

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Copy the new credential

Deactivate a credential

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

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Deactivate a credential

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.

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Delete a credential

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

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Confirm the credential you would like to delete