Grant Access to Authentication Settings for Legacy Named Credentials
For legacy named credentials that use per-user authentication, grant access to users
through permission sets and profiles. Doing so lets users set up and manage their own
authentication settings for accessing the external system.
Required Editions
Important In Winter ’23, Salesforce
introduced an improved named credential that’s extensible, customizable, and more
secure. We strongly recommend that you use this preferred credential instead of
legacy named credentials, which are no longer updated or enhanced. For information
on extensible, customizable named credentials, see Named
Credentials Schema.
Available in: Salesforce Classic and
Lightning Experience
Available in: All Editions
Permission sets available in: Contact Manager, Professional,
Group, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer,
and Database.com Editions
User Permissions Needed
To edit permission sets and user profiles:
Manage Profiles and Permission Sets
From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter either Permission Sets or
Profiles, and then select either Permission Sets
or Profiles.
Click the name of the permission set or profile that you want to modify.
Do one of the following.
For a permission set, or for a profile in the enhanced profile user interface, click
Named Credential Access in the Apps section. Then click
Edit.
For a profile in the original profile user interface, click Edit
in the Enabled Named Credential Access section.
Add the legacy named credentials that you want to enable.
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