Password store

This function is available for users with the following roles: Administrator, Viewer, Project Administrator, and Password Store Client.

Password store is a password repository that grants access to different systems without disclosing sensitive information. The password store function shows available and assigned password entries. Here you can create and modify passwords.

The Password store contains two tabs:

Display entries

At the top of each tab, in the Projects drop-down list, select a project with password store entries to display.

Change the way the information is displayed for each password store entry as follows.

  • Select the table columns to display entries by using the menu icon on the right.

  • Refresh the displayed information by clicking the refresh icon on the right.

  • Reset the custom column settings by clicking the reset icon on the right.

  • Select the number of items to display per page and navigate among pages by using the navigation menu in the bottom right.

Use password store

The following are general steps for using Password store.

  1. In the selected Management Console, navigate to Repository > Password store and create a password entry on the Passwords tab.

  2. In Design Studio, navigate to Settings > Design Studio Settings.

  3. On the Management Consoles tab, specify the Management Console to store passwords and select Use as Primary.

  4. When a robot is ready for deployment, upload it to the Management Console.

  5. After you upload a robot, navigate to the Management Console and select the Password access tab.

  6. Create a new password access entry for the robot in one of the following ways.

    • Obtain and use an access token for a robot by clicking Get resource access token in the robot context menu.

    • Use the same password entry created in Step 1.

Every time you upload your robot or any of its components, such as types, snippets, and so on to Management Console, a new password access entry must be created for the robot. Previous entries are kept in the password access list, and you can delete them manually.