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Most of the tests Traverse provides are based on monitor types that require authentication. Traverse maintains a list of "shared credentials/configurations" that you can re-use to authenticate multiple tests on multiple devices. The list is maintained using the Administration > Other > Shared Credentials/Configuration page. The word "Configuration" is included in the title of this page because certain monitor types require additional configuration options be passed to a device to test it, beyond just passing the username and password.
Each shared credential/configuration is identified by its department, name and monitor type. You can sort the Saved Configurations list by any of these columns to locate the credential you want.
The list is added to dynamically, each time you run network discovery and are prompted to enter authentications for discovered types of devices. You'll notice these "auto-named" authentications are assigned a time-stamp in the name field to give them a unique name. Traverse does not add duplicate records each time network discovery is run, if the values of the shared credential/configuration are the same as an earlier entry.
The middle panel shows the number of tests and number of devices that are using this shared credential/configuration.
Deleting a shared credential/configuration removes it from all the tests that use it. You'll have to apply a new shared credential/configuration of the same monitor type to enable those tests to return data.
Note: A warning message prompts you to confirm changing the shared credential/configuration for the selected test. The warning message reads: The selected test is being monitored using a shared credential, which may also be used by other devices/tests in same department. Any changes to this configuration will also affect other associated tests and therefore should be updated with caution.
