Setting Up CA Performance Center › Managing Data Sources › Register a Data Source › Delete a Data Source

Delete a Data Source

Selected administrators can delete a data source that is registered to CA Performance Center. A data source that you delete can be registered to another CA Performance Center instance. The removal process also unlocks data source administration.

Deleting a data source can have negative consequences. Only administrators with the Delete Data Sources role right can delete a data source. This role right is not granted by default and must be assigned to the role as a separate step.

Views that are associated with a data source that you delete are suppressed if View Suppression is enabled. As a result, deleting a data source can cause menus and dashboards to become unavailable. To be displayed, a dashboard, context tab, or custom menu must contain at least one view whose data source is registered.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the Administrator role.
2. Navigate to the Manage Roles page.

   The page displays the current list of roles.

3. Select the Administrator role, and click Edit. The role right to Delete Data Sources is only available to this predefined role.

   The Edit Role Rights dialog opens.

4. Select Performance Center, and click Edit.

   The Edit Role Rights dialog lets you select individual access rights for this role.

   Assigned role rights are grayed out because they are read-only for this role.

5. Select Delete Data Sources. Click the right arrow to move it from the Available Rights list to the Selected Rights list.
6. Click OK. Then click Save to save your change to the role.
7. Navigate to the Manage Data Sources page.

   The page displays the current list of registered data sources.

8. Select the data source that you want to delete (to unregister).

   The Delete button is activated.

9. Click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

   The data source is removed from the list.