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Generic types

A generic type is your own vault item structure: a set of named properties, for example a cloud service principal with a tenant ID, a client ID and a client secret. Vault items of type Generic use one of these definitions.

Applies to

Who can do this

Monopam v2026.10

Administrators with permission to manage the vault.
Generic type with three required properties

Figure 1. A generic type.

  1. Open Vault, open the page menu (⋮) and click Generic Types, then Add New.

  2. Enter a Name and a Description, and keep Is Active on.

  3. Click Add New Property (3) for each field. A property has a name, a type (Text, File or DateTime), whether it is Required (1), and whether it is Masked (2): masked properties show [HIDDEN] until revealed.

  4. Click Save. The type is offered under Generic when you add a vault item.

Mark every secret property as Masked. Unmasked properties are shown in clear text to everyone who can open the item.

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