The password used to authenticate the user.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The password associated with the authenticating user account (specified in the User connection property).

The User and Password connection properties, if they are applicable to the current ConnectionType and AuthScheme, are used together to authenticate to the service or platform containing your Microsoft Excel files.

This property will refer to different things based on the context, namely the value of ConnectionType and AuthScheme:

• ConnectionType=AmazonS3
  • AuthScheme=ADFS: This refers to your ADFS password.
  • AuthScheme=Okta: This refers to your Okta password.
  • AuthScheme=PingFederate: This refers to your PingFederate password.
• ConnectionType=FTP(S)
  • AuthScheme=Basic: This refers to your FTP(S) server password.
• ConnectionType=HDFS/HDFS Secure
  • AuthScheme=Negotiate: This refers to your HDFS intance password.
• ConnectionType=HTTP(S)
  • AuthScheme=Basic: This refers to the password associated with the HTTP stream.
  • AuthScheme=Digest: This refers to the password associated with the HTTP stream.
  • AuthScheme=OAuthPassword: This refers to the password associated with the HTTP stream.
• ConnectionType=SharePoint SOAP
  • AuthScheme=Basic: This refers to your SharePoint account password.
  • AuthScheme=ADFS: This refers to your ADFS password.
  • AuthScheme=Okta: This refers to your Okta password.
  • AuthScheme=OneLogin: This refers to your OneLogin password.