CentraSite 10.5 | CentraSite User’s Guide | Runtime Governance | Consumer Management | Run-Time Consumer Registration Scenarios | Scenario A: Virtual Service without API Consumption Settings and Evaluate Policy Actions
 
Scenario A: Virtual Service without API Consumption Settings and Evaluate Policy Actions
Prerequisites for scenario A:
*The asset should be an instance of the virtual type - Virtual Service, Virtual REST Service, Virtual XML Service.
*Make sure that the API consumption settings or an Evaluate * policy action is not configured for the asset.
*To register as a consumer of an asset for Scenario A:
1. In CentraSite Business UI, access the Advanced Search panel in one of the following ways:
*Click the Browse link that is located in the upper-left corner of the menu bar.
*Click the Search icon that is located next to the Scope list. The default search scope is Assets.
2. In the Additional Search Criteria list, select Asset Types.
3. To search for the list of asset types, click Choose.
4. In the Choose Asset Types dialog box, follow these steps:
a. Click the chevron next to Everything option button.
b. In the list of asset types, select any of the Virtual Service type for whose instance you want to register the consumers.
c. Click OK.
This displays a list of the Virtual Service assets that were defined using the selected types, and that are available to you in the Search Results page.
5. Click a Virtual Service asset you want to consume.
This opens the Virtual Service Details page. Also, the actions bar displays a set of actions that are available for working with the displayed virtual service.
6. On the actions bar of the Virtual Service Details page, click Consume.
7. In the Consume Asset dialog box, you can do one of the following:
*Register an existing asset as consumer of the Virtual Service asset.
*Create a new asset in CentraSite and then register the newly created asset as consumer of Virtual Service asset.
When you register as a consumer of an asset instance of Virtual Service type, which does not include the consumption settings or evaluate actions, the fields displayed for consumption are the same as for the Service asset instance of base type.