Software AG Products 10.11 | Administering API Portal | Managing Applications | Applications
 
Applications
An application defines the precise identifiers by which messages from a particular consumer application is recognized at run time. The identifiers can be, for example, user name in HTTP headers, a range of IP addresses, such that API Portal can identify or authenticate the applications that are requesting an API.
The ability of API Portal to relate a message to a specific application enables it to:
*Control access to an API at run time (that is, allow only authorized applications to invoke an API).
*Monitor an API for violations of a Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for a specified application.
*Indicate the application to which a logged transaction event belongs.
Field
Description
Name
The name of the application.
Description
The description of the application.
Environment
The environment from where the application is published. Move the mouse pointer over the icon to view the stage of the application.
Purpose
Specifies the purpose of the application. For example API subscription, Package subscription.
Owner
The name of the user who owns the application.
Share
Option to share the application with a required user or user group (community).
Revoke Access
Option to revoke access to the application from a user or user group.