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title: "Credentials Element"
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The Credentials element contains information about user name and password to use to connect to a SharePoint site. You can omit it to use the current user credentials. Please note that storing user name and password in a report definition file may be insecure.

| Name | Cardinality | Has Children | Description |
| :- | :- | :- | :- |
| `UserName` | 1 | No | User name for connecting to a SharePoint server. |
| `Password` | 1 | No | Password for connecting to a SharePoint server. |