Provide Kronos user credentials

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • Create a record to provide details and credentials of the required Kronos user. The Kronos spoke uses these user credentials to perform actions in Kronos.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin.

    Verify that you provide credentials of a manager user or Kronos superuser. With these credentials, time off requests of both employee and manager can be managed.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Kronos > Credentials.
    2. Select New.
    3. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. Kronos Credentials form
      Field Descriptions
      Name Name to uniquely identify the record.
      Application Key Application Key of the Kronos user.
      User name User name to log in to the user's account in Kronos.
      Password Password of the Kronos user account.
      Connection & Credential Alias Default alias record associated with the Kronos spoke.
      Refresh Token Expires Date and time by when the Kronos refresh token expires. The Kronos spoke generates a new refresh token periodically, before the current refresh token expires.
    4. Select Submit.
    5. To generate the Kronos token, select the Get Kronos Token related link.

    Result

    The Kronos - Get Kronos Token subflow is triggered. The subflow uses the details provided during spoke setup to retrieve a valid refresh token from Kronos. The subflow then updates the value of Refresh Token Expires.
    Note:
    To access more details about the Kronos refresh token, navigate to System OAuth > Manage Tokens.. Here, a record is created for each refresh token.