Partner API Logins
If a user account has an associated Partner API login, you can view details of this login and change the password.
To open Partner API login details, go to the Accounts tab > click an account > Partner API tab. This tab displays Partner API logins that belong to the selected user account.
To change the password of a Partner API login:
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In the list of Partner API logins, click the link in the Login column.
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On the login details page, click Generate New Password.
A new encrypted password for authorization in the Partner API service will be generated.
To activate or deactivate a Partner API login:
- In the list of Partner API logins, click the link in the Login column.
- On the login details page, click Disable or Enable.
To view which Partner API methods are available for the selected login:
- In the list of Partner API logins, click the link in the Login column.
- On the login details page, click View next to a role (in the Permissions field).
Partner API User Roles
The following Partner API roles are supported in Partner Central:
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All Commands for Client.
The customer can perform all operations on licenses (search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create, upgrade, downgrade, and suspend licenses).
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Advanced Commands for Client.
The customer can perform all operations on licenses except for the suspending (search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create, upgrade, and downgrade licenses).
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Standard Commands for Client.
The customer can perform all operations on licenses except for the downgrade and suspension of licenses (search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create and upgrade licenses).
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Limited Commands for Client.
The customer can search for licenses and modify existing licenses with some limitations (no possibility to create, upgrade, downgrade, suspend, or assign a product configuration to a license).
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All Commands for Reseller.
The reseller can perform all operations on licenses and customers: search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create, upgrade, downgrade, and suspend licenses; search for customers, create and modify customer accounts.
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Advanced Commands for Reseller.
The reseller can perform the following operations on licenses and customers: search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create, upgrade, downgrade licenses; search for and create customer accounts.
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Standard Commands for Reseller.
The reseller can perform the following operations on licenses and customers: search for licenses; modify existing licenses; create and upgrade of licenses; search for and create customer accounts.
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Limited Commands for Reseller.
The reseller can perform the following operations on licenses and customers: license search, limited modification of existing licenses of licenses (no possibility to create, upgrade, downgrade, suspend, or assign a product configuration to a license); search for customer accounts.
License modification commands include activation, adding notes, binding, retrieval, terminating, changing password, and some other commands.
Note: Commands of both Partner API 1.0 and 3.0 are available for each role. The exact list of commands available for a role is displayed when you click View next to the role (in the Permissions field) on the Partner API login details page.