Generating API keys and uploading ION credentials in Workforce Management
- In Workforce Management, select Maintenance > Security > API Security > API Consumer Oauth.
- In the API Consumer Name lookup, select IMS.
- Click Go.
- Click the "+" icon to generate a new consumer key and consumer secret.
- Save the consumer key and consumer secret in a safe place.
- Select Maintenance > System Administration > Sensitive Data Configuration.
- Click Create New Entry.
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Specify this information:
- Configuration Type
- Select IONAPICREDENTIALSFILE.
- Expiration Date
- Specify 01/01/3000.
- Open the credentials file with the .ionapi extension that you saved in Setting up an Authorized App.
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At the end of the file, before the closing brace (}), add these parameters to
the JSON object:
,"saak":"REPLACE_ACCESS_KEY","sask":"REPLACE_SECRET_KEY"
Replace the place holders with the appropriate values from the Excel file that you downloaded in Creating a service account:
REPLACE_ACCESS_KEY
: Specify the service account access key from the Excel file.REPLACE_SECRET_KEY
: Specify the service account secret key from the Excel file.
For example:
"saak":"DEVWFMADE02_DEV#xEkFENk3LJT9ogsLFng3EaoUaE0ct2yz9_D_-BvoHLxYh3aayh2uPpDyMJMCeRocTXBB3okZ7E31TKoOSGz8iQ","sask":"L1YRqnCV_VJOkIYM_qvPoT_3xqMXWl8irqQbCjfmP4-hS1A9vXWu-CtTZynql_y2Tj7mwEcDFeXT6j2mfVf4XA"
Note: Ensure that there is a closing brace (}) at the end of the file. - Copy the contents of the entire file that you updated in the previous step.
- Paste the contents of the entire file in the Protected Data field.
- Click Save.