Creating a Consumer Application
Use the following procedure to create a consumer application asset.
To add an asset to the catalog
1. In CentraSite Business UI, click the Create Assets activity. This opens the Create Asset wizard.
2. In the Basic Information section, enter values for the following fields:
In this field... | Specify... |
Name | A name for the application asset. An asset name can contain any character (including spaces). |
Type | The Application asset type. |
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 the CentraSite User’s Guide ). |
Description | Optional. A comment or descriptive information about the new application asset. |
3. Click Next.
Note: | If you do not enter information into a required field, a red error icon will be issued. Pointing to the icon shows a hint with an error description. |
4. In the Preview section, review the information, and click Finish.
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 bar 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 Consume action of the API to be consumed. To do this, open the detail page of the API to be consumed and specify the application asset in the Consume action.
