Using the Credential Manager

Credentials are used in different places in Enterprise Reporter. For example, nodes and report schedules both use credentials. The Credential Manager is a central store for accounts and passwords used throughout the system. This makes it easy to keep passwords up to date, and allows you to enter the credential details once, and access them repeatedly.

	Credentials added in the Report Manager are only available to the user who added them, while accounts added in the Configuration Manager are available to all Configuration Manager users on the same Enterprise Reporter server.
	Credentials for Access Explorer are not stored in the Credential Manager. For more information on Access Explorer service accounts, see the "Server Service Credential Details" chapter in the Quest Enterprise Reporter Configuration Manager User Guide.

Accounts are not verified when you add them, and they must already exist in order to be used by Enterprise Reporter. For each account, you can add a description. This is particularly useful for differentiating between similar accounts, such as similarly named service credentials, or your SQL Server default "sa" accounts. The combination of the account name and the description must be unique.

To open the Credential Manager

•	On the System | Configuration page, click Manage credentials used by Enterprise Reporter.

– OR – 

Click the ellipsis anywhere credentials are required.

To use a credential from the Credential Manager

1.	Select the account from the list.

2.

Click OK.

To add a credential for use in the system

1.	Open the Credential Manager.

2.	Click Add.

3.	Type the account name.

You can enter any account that you want to use in Enterprise Reporter, including Windows accounts and SQL server accounts.

If you are entering credentials in the Configuration Manager, remember that other users may have entered the same credential, so if necessary, verify that you are adding a unique account.

4.	Type the password for the account.

5.	Optionally, type a description.

The combination of the account name and the description must be unique.

6.

Click OK.

To edit a credential

1.	Open the Credential Manager.

2.	Select an account.

3.	Click Edit.

4.	Make any changes.

5.

Click OK.

To delete a credential

1.	Open the Credential Manager.

2.	Select an account from the list.

You can only delete accounts that are not currently in use.

3.	Click Delete.

4.

Click OK.

See also:

•	Changing Passwords Using the Credential Manager

•	Changing Account Names Using the Credential Manager