Creating a Consumer Application
Use the following procedure to create a consumer application asset.
To create a consumer application asset
1. In CentraSite Control, go to Asset Catalog > Browse.
2. Click Add Asset(s).
3. In the Add Asset dialog, enter values for the following fields:
In this field... | Specify... |
Type | The Application asset type. |
Name | A name for the application asset. An asset name can contain any character (including spaces). |
Description | Optional. A comment or descriptive information about the new application asset. |
Organization | The organization to which the application asset belongs. |
Initial Version | Optional. An identifier for the initial version of the application asset. The default is 1.0, but you can use any versioning scheme you choose. The version identifier does not need to be numeric. Examples: 0.0a
1.0.0 (beta)
Pre-release 001
V1-2007.04.30 You can later create new versions of the application asset (see CentraSite User’s Guide . |
4. Click OK.
Now the detail page of the newly created asset opens. Here you can enter the values of various attributes of the new asset.
5. Configure the profiles of the detail page, as described in the following sub-sections.
6. If you belong to a role that has the Register as Consumer permission, the entry Register as Consumer is enabled in the Actions menu of the details page. If you select this menu entry, a dialog opens that lets you select users, groups and consumer applications that can use this asset. The request must be subsequently approved or rejected by the owner of the asset.
7. Specify the application asset in the Consumers profile of the asset to be consumed. To do this, open the detail page of the asset to be consumed and specify the application asset the Consumers profile.
