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 password 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.

1. On the workbench menu bar click Window > Manage Connections. The Host Connections view opens. The following example shows the Host Connections view from the CICS Explorer, showing the CICS System Management and z/OS connection categories. The categories available depends on the Explorer being used.
   
2. Click Add on the Credentials section to add a new credential. The New Credentials window opens.
3. Enter your credential details and provide a credentials name. The name can be anything you like and is used only to help you distinguish between different credentials. Select the Save Password checkbox to save the password.
   Note: You might have a single user ID but use different passwords for different systems. If you have, you can define multiple credentials, each one having the same user ID but with 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 new credential.