> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pathstack.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Geotab

To connect your Geotab telematics data with PathStack, you will need the following access credentials:

* Username
* Password
* Database name

These credentials are the same ones used to log in to the MyGeotab web portal. We recommend creating a new user with read-only access for the PathStack connection. To do this, follow these step:

<Note>Geotab includes any idling that takes place after the end of a trip and before the start of the next trip in the current trip. We capture this idling data as a separate trip in our system.</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a Geotab Service Account for PathStack">
    Log in to MyGeotab account and navigate to (1) Administration > (2) Users, and click the (3) Add button.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nuonic-39/IvvWU3allt6PGoB1/images/integration-guides/geo-4.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IvvWU3allt6PGoB1&q=85&s=6e064036c418130bd613dba351380385" width="372" height="240" data-path="images/integration-guides/geo-4.png" />

    <Note>Geotab have an online guide for creating new users [here](https://knowledge.geotab.com/portal/app/portlets/results/viewsolution.jsp?solutionid=221222143538200)</Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new user for PathStack">
    On the new user page, complete the following:

    <Steps>
      * User (Email) - Email used as PathStack Username
      * Password - Create a strong password for one-time user
      * Force password change on next login - Toggle to Yes
      * Security Clearance - Choose View Only
      * Data Access - Select Everything
      * Save
    </Steps>

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nuonic-39/IvvWU3allt6PGoB1/images/integration-guides/geo-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IvvWU3allt6PGoB1&q=85&s=e418e18c4367f4df78714e2e83b42a08" width="1790" height="1240" data-path="images/integration-guides/geo-1.png" />

    User (Email) is the username that will be used in PathStack as the credentials Username.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nuonic-39/IvvWU3allt6PGoB1/images/integration-guides/geo-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IvvWU3allt6PGoB1&q=85&s=1237385fad0c08e1adb3b47201445562" width="1790" height="1240" data-path="images/integration-guides/geo-2.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Retrieve Database name">
    Once logged into your MyGeotab account, you will be able to retrieve your database name from the search bar at the
    top of your page. The database name sits in the search bar as `my.geotab.com/DatabaseName/#dashboard`. For example,
    in the image below the database name would be Nuonic.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nuonic-39/IvvWU3allt6PGoB1/images/integration-guides/geo-3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IvvWU3allt6PGoB1&q=85&s=a4a83df1a048ab9bd9e8031998713ad1" width="2800" height="1774" data-path="images/integration-guides/geo-3.png" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>For further assistance configuring your Geotab account, please visit the [Geotab support centre](https://support.geotab.com/)</Tip>