Unregistering an Existing Consumer
You can now unregister a consumer from an asset in CentraSite.
You might consider unregistering a consumer if you want to:
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Suspend consumption of a particular asset (either on a temporary or permanent basis.)
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Delete an asset permanently from the
CentraSite registry.
Note: | You can restore the functionality of consumption by re-registering the user or asset with the same asset at any time. |
The consequences of unregistering an existing consumer on an asset are as follows:
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The count of consumers in the
Basic Information profile of the asset is updated.
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Some aspects of runtime such as invocations, performance metrics and other events relating to the operation of a virtual API asset running in Mediator gateway may not work as desired.
Prerequisites for Unregistering:
To unregister an existing consumer from an asset, the following prerequisites must be met:
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The user, group, or asset should be currently registered as consumer for the specified asset.
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You are the owner of the asset from that you want to unregister the consumer.
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You belong to a role that includes the Modify Assets permission for organization in which the asset resides.
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You have been assigned at least the Modify instance-level permission on the specified asset or the consumer (which is represented by an individual user, group, or an asset).