Personal Access Token (PAT)

Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are available for use with Cloud Sign-in Licensing to bypass the interactive authentication process. The software will use the PAT instead of user credentials to authenticate. This is useful in automation workflows where traditional authentication requiring user interaction is not feasible.

Overview:

Personal Access Tokens are generated through the User Management Dashboard (UMD) and:

• Can be generated for any user in the account by Customer Account Administrators only

• Are valid for 1 year at a time

• Can be revoked at any time by the Administrator in the UMD

• Only one PAT can be created per user

Supported Products

This feature is available in the following products: 

• CSiBridge v26.3.0 and later

• ETABS v23.0.0 and later

• SAFE v23.0.0 and later

• SAP2000 v26.3.0 and later

How to use Personal Access Tokens:

Personal Access Tokens can be used to run the software in the following ways:

• Launching the software via command line with the command line argument /PAT
  Example: C:\Program Files\Computers and Structures\SAP2000 26\SAP2000.exe /PAT RWMRBAAEFULLM=C3BLWEAUTSTD/+JRTLGBCFNEHSNF
  
  

• Adding a User Environment Variable named CSI_LICENSE_USER_PAT with the PAT as the value
  
  

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• Using the CSiAssistant to set the User Environment Variable.
  Click on the gear icon on the top right to access the field to enter the personal access token.
  
  

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To stop using a personal access token on a machine, this User Environment Variable will have to be deleted.