Now that you connected one or several Apps with your Akeneo PIM, you probably want to see them listed in the UI and access their settings.

This is the role of the Connect sub-menu called Connected Apps. Here you can see information about connected Apps: their name, logo, category, and who owns them.

Who can manage and open Apps?

From the Connected Apps menu, users can manage and open Apps.

To give you the capacity to choose who can manage or open an App, we added two new Role permissions in the PIM.

To manage an App, at least one of your user roles needs the Manage apps permission, and to open a connected App interface, at least one of your user roles needs the Open apps permission.

To give role permission:

1. Go to System, then Roles
2. Click on the role you want to update
3. Go to Permissions and select the Connect entry
4. Finally, enable the Manage apps and/or Open apps options.

Open a connected App interface

To open a connected App interface, click Open app in the Connected Apps menu. The App interface will open in a new tab of your navigator.

When you open an App, Akeneo PIM may ask you to agree to share some of your user information to authenticate you directly on the App. To do so, click on Agree and you will be automatically redirected to the App.

Manage your connected App settings

Click Manage app in the Connected Apps menu to access the connected App settings.

You will see 3 tabs in that section:

• Settings
• Permissions
• Error monitoring

Choose your flow type

You can define a "flow type" after you connect an App. But what does it mean?

The flow type allows you to characterize the data flows interacting with your PIM. More precisely, it allows you to indicate the direction of a given flow.

It will determine how your App flows are monitored in the data flows dashboard.

This flow type has three available options described in the following sections. It will help you make your decision.

• The Other flow type

The Other flow type is the default value for all connected Apps, so there is no App monitoring for your connected Apps. To enable App monitoring, update their flow type by choosing the Data source or the Data destination option.

• The Data source flow type

Choose this option for your App whenever it represents a data flow entering the PIM. For example, select this option if the connected App mainly creates or updates PIM data, such as products, product models, assets, or reference entities.

If you choose this option, the Data flows dashboard will focus on this App's data pushed into the PIM.

You can connect your ERP, DAM, or MDM with this flow type.

• The Data destination flow type

Choose this option for your App to represent a data flow that mainly extracts product information from your PIM.

If you choose this option, the Data flows dashboard will focus on this App's data pushed outside the PIM.

You can connect your e-commerce, publishing, or syndication Apps with this flow type.

Enable App monitoring

You can choose to monitor a connected App in Data flows. 

To do so, check Track in Data flows dashboard in the settings section of the connected App you want to monitor.

Access authorizations granted to your App

To access an App's settings, click on Manage app. Here is where you can see which authorizations have been granted during the activation process.

Update your App permissions EE

To access an App's settings, click on Manage app, then click on Permissions.

This page allows you to view and update permissions granted to an App.

Who can manage App permissions?

The PIM uses the following role permissions to manage who can grant permission to an App:

• Manage attribute group permissions
• Manage category permissions
• Manage locale permissions

If your user doesn't have these permissions, the fields related to permission will be blocked.

Delete an App

If you connected an App you don't want to use anymore. You can delete it. To do so:

• Click on Connect.
• Click on Connected Apps.
• Click on the App you want to delete.
• Click on ... in the top right corner of your screen.
• And click on Delete.
• A pop-in asks you for confirmation. Again, click on Delete.

As a result, your App will be deleted from your PIM. It means that:

• you will no longer be able to follow its data flows from the Data flows dashboard,
• your App won't be able to read, edit or delete data in your PIM. If you ever need this App again, you will have to connect it again from the App Store.

Learn more about the Akeneo App Store and Apps in this interactive course