Editing an Access Token

Only the token creator or another privileged user can edit a token. The following attributes of an existing token can be edited:

Token name 
Token description 
Expiration Time 

Note:You cannot change the expiration time to a value in the past.

You cannot change the user ID or token type. Expired tokens cannot be edited.

To edit an access token

1. Click Accounts & Users > Manage Access Tokens. The Manage Access Tokens page opens.
2. On the Manage Access Tokens page, click the hyperlinked name of the token that you want to update. The Edit Token page opens. You can edit the following fields:

Option

Description

Token Name

The token name must be 5 - 25 characters long.

The following characters are not supported:

* < > + $ ? . ^ | % ] \\\\ (four consecutive back slashes are not allowed)

HTML tags that may indicate an XSS attack will be rejected.

Description

For IMPERSONATED tokens, the token description should capture the impersonation reason.

Expiration Time

You can change the time when the token should expire. The minimum lifetime is 1 minute.

Use the following format to specify the expiration time: Y=years, M=months, d=days, h=hours, m=minutes (case sensitive).

Example: 3Y 4M 3d 9h 6m

3. Click Save to return to the Manage Access Tokens page.

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