Working with a service account

This topic provides instructions for adding, editing, and viewing a service account.

To understand the concept of a service account, see Service-Account. 

Adding a service account

On the Administration > Service Account page, click Add and do the following: 

1. Enter a time interval (in minutes) after which you want the data to be refreshed. 
   By default, the time interval is 60 minutes. Minimum acceptable is 5 minutes and maximum is 10080 minutes.
2. Enter the username, password, role, and select the authentication method of a user that belongs to the BLAdmins or a role with all administrative permissions in Automation Console, and click Add. 

Editing a service account

On the Administration > Service Account page, do the following:

1. In the Actions column, click Edit. 
2. Update the data refresh interval or connecting profile details, and click Update. 

Viewing service account details

On the Administration > Service Account page, view the service account associated with BMC Helix Automation Console. 

Click the link under Host Name to view the service connector host, and the user profile specified for the account.