This topic provides instructions on hiding sensitive data in templates, rules, and so on. 

To understand the concept of roles, see Managing roles.

To hide sensitive data when displaying templates, compliance rules, or configuration files, disable the Access Sensitive Data system right during configuration of a role, as shown in the following figure. For example, to hide passwords and SNMP community strings in configuration files, you can disable this right. For more information about configuring a role, see Adding or editing a role.

Note

The phrases such as passwords which are declared as sensitive in configurations, templates, or compliance rules, are replaced with the phrase {HIDDEN} when viewed in the UI.

To restrict users from viewing device transcripts that might contain sensitive data, disable the Access Associated Transcripts network right, as shown in the following figure: