This pageapplies toApigee andApigee hybrid.

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This feature is subject to the "Pre-GA Offerings Terms" in the General Service Terms section of theService Specific Terms. Pre-GA features are available "as is" and might have limited support. For more information, see thelaunch stage descriptions.

Enrolling in the Preview release of the audience management feature

To manage audiences, you must enroll in the Preview release of the audience management feature.

To enroll in the audience management feature:

1. In the Apigee in Cloud console, go to theDistribution > Portals page.

   Go to Portals

2. Click a portal name.

3. ClickAudiences.

4. ClickEnroll.

Understanding audiences

Using audiences, you can segment portal users or developer teams to control access to the following resources:

• Pages in your portal
• Published API products

The following figure shows how audiences are used to control access to a set of resources.

As shown in the figure, as an authenticated portal user, User A is able access the resources available through the public API program. In addition, as a member of Team A, User A inherits the entitlements from the Preview Users audience and is able to access the resources available through this restricted API program.

About the default audiences

The following two audiences are defined, by default.

Exploring the Audiences page

To access the Audiences page:

1. Display the list of portals:

   In the Apigee in Cloud console, go to theDistribution > Portals page.

   Go to Portals

2. Click the row of the portal for which you want to view audiences.

3. ClickAudiences.

4. Click theAudiences tab.

The Audiences page is displayed.

The Audiences page lets you:

• View details for all audiences, including:
  • Name
  • Description
  • Total number of team and individual portal user assignments
  • Creation date
• Add an audience
• Edit anddelete an audience

You can alsomanage the resource entitlements for an audience when creating resources andmanage the default visibility for specific portal resources.

Adding an audience

1. Access the Audiences page.
2. Add an Audience.
   1. Click+ Audience.
   2. Enter the name and description of the audience.
   3. ClickSave.
3. Manage the assignments for an audience.

Manage the assignments for an audience

Whenadding orediting an audience, you can manage the developer teams and individual portal users assigned.

To manage the assignments for an audience:

1. Access the Audiences page.
2. Click the row of the audience for which you want to manage audience assignments.

3. To add a team or individual portal user to an audience:

   1. ClickeditEdit.
   2. Select members in the drop-down list.
   3. ClickSave.

4. To delete an audience assignment:

   ClickdeleteDelete.

Managing the resource entitlements for an audience

When creating a portal page or publishing an API product, you can restrict access to the resource by assigning one or more audiences. When the visibility of that resource is set toSelected audiences, access is limited to the audiences to which the resource is assigned.

For more information, see:

• Manage the audience for a page in your portal
• Manage the audience for an API on your portal

Whenviewing and editing an audience, you can view the resource entitlements assigned.

Editing an audience

To edit an audience:

1. Access the Audiences page.
2. Click the row of the audience that you want to edit.

3. Edit the audience details.

   1. ClickeditEdit.
   2. Edit the name, description, or members.
   3. ClickSave.

4. Manage the developer teams and individual portal users assigned to an audience.

5. In theContent visibility entitlements section, view the resource entitlements for an audience.SeeManage the resource entitlements for an audience.

Deleting an audience

To delete an audience:

1. Access the Audiences page.

2. Delete the audience.

   1. ClickdeleteDelete.
   2. ClickDelete to confirm the operation.