Missing encrypted Exact Online password with device-specific key warning itgendhb079

Question

Customer is running Invantive Data Hub and has recently upgraded. The batch file used to include the following:

/password:PASSWORD

But the use of unencrypted seems no longer supported; I must provide an encrypted password instead. Invantive Data Hub reports:

itgendhb079 This script uses a non-encrypted password. Please use an encrypted password instead.

How can I encrypt the password? I seem unable to find a menu option for it.

Answer 1

You can create an encrypted version of the password by executing the following in the Query Tool or Data Hub:

local encrypt password

and then pressing enter (Data Hub) or ctrl+enter (Query Tool).

A window will appear with the currently used password filled-in when available, signalled by ***.

Please note that the encrypted password is encrypted using a device-specific key. So you can only use it on the device on which you generated the encrypted password.