Types of Credentials

Credentials Vault can store 4 different types of credentials, each represented by a tab at the top of the Credentials Vault page:

General Users

A General User credential is a username-password combination that is used to access a general computing resource. These include email server credentials to set notifications or to initiate an email trigger, database login credentials for setting Database triggers, and file / folder credentials for file and folder triggers.

To learn how to add a General User credential, see Adding a new General User credential.

OS Users

An OS User credential is a username-password combination that is used by robot to log in to Windows. This is used by the robot to unlock a locked machine in order to run a wizard. You can also create an OS User credential for a robot when you are approving the robot during on-boarding, from the Robots list and from the Robot details page.

To learn how to add an OS User credential, see Adding a new OS User credential.