About generic credential object configuration settings

The generic credential object stores a generic file paired with a password. This object is reserved for future use. For information about it's settings, see the table below.

Field	Description
Import	Allows you to import the generic file.
General
Credential Name	Name for the generic credential object. This is a mandatory field.
Description	Description of the generic credential object.
Contact	User or group Identities assigned to this object.Default system notifications are sent to the contact identities. Default contact = master administrator To select the object contacts Click the Browse button. The Identity Selector dialog opens. If the Identity Selector dialog is not populated, enter a search query to retrieve the Identity list. The administration console does not automatically display external users and groups. You must first enter a search string so Trust Protection Platform can query the external Identity store and return the list of requested users or groups.If you want to display all user or group entries, you can enter the wildcard character (). Select a User or Group Identity, and then click Select*. Press Shift+click to select multiple, contiguous users and groups. Press Ctrl+click to select multiple, discontiguous users and groups.
Settings
Expires	Date when this credential expires. IMPORTANT The expiration date is used only to send a log notification. Trust Protection Platform continues to use the credential even if it is past its expiration date. To set an expiration date Click the Selector button. The pop-up calendar displays. Select a month and a year. Click the day when the credential is to expire. The date displays in the text box (for example, 09/23/2017).
Credential
Password/Confirm	Required to use the certificate.
Credential Stored	Indicates whether the generic file is stored (Yes/No).
General Tab
Permissions	On the Permissions tab, you select the users or groups to whom you want to grant permissions to the current object. Then, you select which permissions you want the users or groups to have. You can also manage object permissions via parent objects, including the root Platform object or the Trust Protection Platform server object (found in the Platforms tree). If you configure Permissions in a parent object, those permissions are inherited by all subordinate objects.