Password type for arguments and variables

Permanently deleted user

October 22, 2015 16:17

Sometimes an Argument or a Variable of a Workflow is a password.
Examples are:

• ArcGIS Server (token authentication) for the GenerateToken Activity
• ArcGIS Online
• 3rd party application

My suggestion is to have a Password type that will be encrypted in the Site.xml file for Arguments and the HTTP requests for Variables (client input) instead of clear text as it is at the moment.

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  Permanently deleted user

  May 31, 2016 19:36

  I agree. Workflows access restricted data and generate tokens using passwords that should be encrypted.
  Another consideration is that workflows, and passwords in clear text as arguments, are commonly required to be stored on shared servers.
  
  Andrew

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  Jeff Timm

  June 01, 2016 21:06

  
  

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  Jeff Timm

  June 01, 2016 21:08

  In my opinion this is one of the more important upgrades that needs to happen. A lot of times the user does not have permission to the data set so passing through the users credentials to get a token doesn't work.

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