Connect to IBM Cloud Pak services

IBM Financial Services Workbench offers some integration with IBM Cloud Pak services. It is possible to add connections to IBM Cloud Pak for Data in order to use data assets from an IBM Watson® Knowledge Catalog to create entities from the asset's data model.

Manage IBM Cloud Pak service connections

Admin users can manage connections to IBM Cloud Pak services in the Admin Settings area. Each IBM Cloud Pak service is identified by a unique alias. In order to create and manage IBM Cloud Pak service connections you must have admin privileges. To access the Admin Settings page, use the Settings capability on the top right of the page. There you will get an overview of the already existing IBM Cloud Pak service connections and their master data.

Create IBM Cloud Pak service connections

To create a new IBM Cloud Pak service connection, use the Create button and enter the following information:

  • Alias: Used to specify an IBM Cloud Pak service connection under the given alias name (required)

  • Type: This is the type of IBM Cloud Pak service. There is currently one available option: IBM Cloud Pak for Data ( required)

  • Base URL: The URL to the IBM Cloud Pak service (required, must be unique)

  • Label: This is a short description of the IBM Cloud Pak service (optional)

Use IBM Cloud Pak services

To use an IBM Cloud Pak service connection, every user must define an API key for each IBM Cloud Pak service. Each user can only specify one API key per IBM Cloud Pak service. This API key will be then used for every interaction with the remote IBM Cloud Pak service and to restrict the capabilities of the user to the permissions that are set in the remote IBM Cloud Pak service.

Manage user settings

To access the User Settings, use the Settings capability on the top right of the page and navigate to the User Settings page.

Create an API key

Each user can have exactly one API key for each available IBM Cloud Pak service. To create a new API key, use the header capability Create in the API keys tab on the User Settings page.

An API key is defined using the following master data:

  • Key name: Name of the API key (required, unique for each user)

  • IBM Cloud Pak Service: A list of all the IBM Cloud Pak Services for which the current user has access permission. The IBM Cloud Pak services are represented with their assigned alias that was provided by the admin user (required)

  • API key: This is the actual API key (required)

  • IBM Cloud Pak Service Username: This is the username as defined in the IBM Cloud Pak Service (required)