Managing your Products
You can manage your Products in API Manager by using the Products page of the associated Catalog. In this view, you can move the Products through their lifecycle, display analytics information, and control who can see or subscribe to the Products. The syndication feature in IBM® API Connect means that Products can also be managed by using the Products tab of the associated Space.
Before you begin
To complete the Product management tasks that are described in this topic, you must either be the owner of the API provider organization, or be assigned Manage permission for Products in the Catalog that contains the Product. If you have View permission for Products, you have read-only access to the Product management page. For information on configuring Product management permissions for a Catalog, see Creating and configuring Catalogs.
The syndication feature in IBM API Connect means that Products can be contained within a Space in a Catalog. In this case, to complete the Product management tasks that are described in this topic, you must either be the owner of the API provider organization, or be assigned Manage permission for Products in the Space that contains the Product. For information on configuring Product management permissions for a Space, see Managing user access in a Space.
About this task
For more information about the syndication feature, see Using syndication in API Connect.
For information on viewing Analytics that can provide insight into Product and API usage and performance, see .API Analytics
For information about Product billing, see Monetizing your Products.
Procedure
To manage your Product, complete the following steps.
What to do next
For details of the ways in which you can manage your Products, see the following subtopics: