While uploading some sensitive credentials for an application (DB user/password, etc), one way to do is through the user provided services. These variables are visible to the administrator in the console in clear.
There could be a way to categorize the sensitive data so that they are not editable or readable in the dashboard.
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Please provide more information on this scenario - a sample walk through would be really helpful.