New Web Service User

Purpose: Use the New Web Service User window to create a new user and password identifying a system for web service authentication. This setup is required if authentication is enabled for the web service at the Web Service Authorization screen.

Note:             Locate uses web service users only for web service authentication. Unlike Locate user profiles, vendor users, or store associates, web service users do not have authority to any Locate screens.

How to display this window: Click NEW at the Web Service User screen.

Note:             Only users with Web Service Authorization authority can display this screen. See the Role Wizard for more information.

Completing the creation of a web service user identifying a system for web service authentication

         Enter the User or, optionally, change the entered User. The name can be up to 255 positions, and can include special (non-alphanumeric) characters and spaces.

         Enter the Password. The Password must:

         Be 6 positions or longer

         Not be the same as the User

         Start with a letter

         Include at least one number

         Include a special (non-alphanumeric) character

Note:

         The password can include spaces.

         Web service authentication of the password is case-sensitive.

         Click Save to save the user and password; otherwise, click Cancel.

Fields in this window

Field

Description

User

The name of a user identifying a system for authentication of messages for the web service. Up to 255 positions, and can include special (non-alphanumeric) characters and spaces. Required.

Password

The web service user’s password. Required. The Password must:

         Be 6 positions or longer

         Not be the same as the User

         Start with a letter

         Include at least one number

         Include a special (non-alphanumeric) character

Note:             

         The password can include spaces.

         Web service authentication of the password is case-sensitive.

 

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