Creating and managing HighBond access tokens

Create or manage your personal HighBond access tokens in the Manage API tokens page available through your Launchpad profile page.

What is an access token?

An access token is a string that identifies a user and authenticates access to other applications.

The access token that you require depends on what you need to do:

Import HighBond Projects data to Analytics — Analytics or HighBond API token
Import HighBond Results data to Analytics — Analytics or HighBond API token
Export HighBond Results data from Analytics — Analytics or HighBond API token
Get programmatic access to HighBond — HighBond API token
Get programmatic access to Launchpad activity logs — Activity Logs API token
Note
Access to Launchpad activity logs is not yet publicly available.

Analytics token

The Analytics token is automatically generated every time you activate Analytics, and is stored in your registry.

If you are using Analytics 14 or below, and you manually create an ACLGRC Access Token, the token is categorized in Launchpad as an Analytics token type.
If you are using Analytics 14.1, and you manually create a HighBond Access Token, the token is categorized in Launchpad as an Analytics token type.

How it works

In Launchpad, the Manage API tokens page displays all of the access tokens that you have generated.

You can use the Manage API tokens page to:

view your tokens
provide a label to describe or identify access tokens
lock access tokens to prevent them from being modified or deleted
delete access tokens

Caution

Access tokens provide many privileges, so it is important to keep them secure and private. Avoid sharing access tokens in publicly accessible areas.

Permissions

Any user can create an Analytics token. You must be a System Admin in at least one HighBond instance to create a HighBond API token or an Activity Logs API token.

All users can manage their own access tokens.

Create an access token

Open Launchpad.
If your company uses more than one instance in HighBond, make sure the appropriate instance is active.
Select > My Profile.
Next to Application tokens, click Manage.
The Manage API tokens page opens.
Click Create token and select the appropriate option.
Type your password and click Confirm.
Your token displays in a dialog box.
Click Copy to copy the token, then paste it into an application or a script.
Note
Treat the token like a password and do not share it with other people
Click the close button in the top-right corner of the dialog box.

Manage existing access tokens

Open Launchpad.
If your company uses more than one instance in HighBond, make sure the appropriate instance is active.
Select > My Profile.
Next to Application tokens, click Manage.
The Manage API tokens page opens.
Complete any of the following actions and click <-- Back to Profile Settings to navigate back to your profile page:
- Search for tokens Enter the first seven characters of the access token.
  Tip
  You can use commas to search for multiple access tokens.
- Sort tokens Select the appropriate column.
- Filter tokens Restrict the list of tokens to a subset.
  By default, all generated tokens display.
- View a token Click the truncated token, enter your HighBond password, and click Copy.
- Specify a token description Click the pencil , enter a description, and click the checkmark to save.
- Prevent yourself from updating or deleting a token Click the lock to update or delete a token or prevent yourself from updating or deleting a token .
- Delete tokens Do any of the following:
  - Delete a single token Click the trash bin next to the token and click Delete token.
  - Delete multiple tokens Select the checkboxes beside each access token, click Delete # tokens, and click Delete tokens.
  - Delete all tokens Select the checkbox next to the information icon , click Delete # tokens, and click Delete tokens.