Accounts
An account represents an object that encompasses details to connect to an endpoint. Accounts play a crucial role in integrating applications. Any Snap that communicates with an external endpoint needs an authenticated account to access the resources on the endpoint. For example, a MySQL Snap requires authenticated access to a MySQL database. In SnapLogic, you create an Account to store credentials and any other information necessary to connect, such as a URL, hostname, and port number.
You can create an account from Designer or Manager.
In Designer, when working on pipelines, every Snap that needs an account prompts you to create a new account or use an existing account.
You can create accounts in or use them from:
- The private projects folder: This folder contains the pipelines that will use the account.
- The Project Spaces shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users that belong to the Project Space.
- The global shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users within an organization in the SnapLogic instance.