General
Deleting an asset permanently removes the asset from the CentraSite registry.
When you delete an asset, CentraSite removes the registry entry for the asset (that is, it removes the instance of the asset from CentraSite's object database). Also note that:
You cannot delete the predefined assets (not even if you have the default permissions associated with the
CentraSite Administrator role).
If you are not the owner of the asset, you cannot delete the asset unless you have
Manage Assets permission (granted though a role-based permission) or at least Full permission on the asset (granted through an instance-level permission).
You cannot delete an asset that is in pending state (for example, awaiting approval) or has a consumer registration request pending for it.
You cannot delete an asset that has one or more associated objects. For example, if an asset “Web Service” relates to another asset “XML Schema”, an internal association “Related To” exists between the assets.
CentraSite does not let you delete an asset with incoming associations. Therefore, to delete an asset you must first delete all of its associated objects.
When you delete an XML Schema that refers to other XML Schemas, the referenced XML Schemas are also deleted automatically, provided that you have permission to delete them. If you do not have permission to delete a referenced XML Schema, the referenced XML Schema will not be deleted and a warning message will be issued.
You cannot delete an asset if any user in your
CentraSite registry is currently modifying the asset.
This is of specific relevance to REST and XML based service assets. Beginning with version 9.7,
CentraSite supports the enhanced interface for REST services (in contrast, earlier versions of
CentraSite supported a standardized interface for REST services). Documentation of the prior REST service interface is available to
Software AG customers who have a current maintenance contract in
Empower,
Software AG's global extranet (
https://empower.softwareag.com/).
If you have REST services that were created prior to version 9.7 or if you are using the current version of
CentraSite Business UI, you can only view details of these REST services in
CentraSite Control. Keep in mind that you cannot delete REST services using the
CentraSite Control user interface (not even if you belong to the
CentraSite Administrator role). You will only be able to delete REST services using the
CentraSite Business UI.
Deleting an asset will not remove:
Other assets to which the asset refers (unless the reference is to an asset that is a nonshared component of the asset you are deleting). For example, if the asset that you are deleting is a Service asset with a “Consumes” or “Consumed By” relationship with other services in the registry, the related services will not be deleted.
Supporting documents that are attached to the asset.
