In a network comprised of various information systems, each system might maintain its own user authentication scheme. Gaining access to ten different systems might require ten different user names and passwords. Info*Engine hides this complexity through a mechanism called credentials mapping. Credentials mapping allows a user to authenticate explicitly once to Info*Engine, then Info*Engine authenticates the user automatically to other enterprise information systems. In effect, credentials mapping allows a single authenticated user name to serve as a key that provides access information to all of the information systems to which a user is permitted access.

Credentials mapping is accomplished by executing a special, configurable, task implicitly at the beginning of each task invoked by a user or federated client application. The credentials mapping task is responsible for returning a group, called the Auth_Map group, that provides user names and credentials for accessing all information systems permitted to the user.

Thus, the Info*Engine credentials mapping feature facilitates the development of information portals tailored to user roles and preferences.

Ensure that the credentials mapping is set up correctly for your environment. The installed mapping information is described in Configuring the Windchill Adapter.

For more information, see the Info*Engine User's Guide.