Delete an entity type
In Amazon Fraud Detector, you cannot delete an entity type that is included in an event type. You will have to first delete the event type the entity is associated with and then delete the entity type.
When you delete an entity type, Amazon Fraud Detector permanently deletes that entity type and the data is no longer stored in Amazon Fraud Detector.
An entity type can be deleted in Amazon Fraud Detector console, using the delete-entity-type
Delete an entity type in Amazon Fraud Detector console
To delete an entity type,
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Fraud Detector console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/frauddetector
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In the left navigation pane of the Amazon Fraud Detector console, choose Resources, then choose Entities.
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Choose the entity type that you want to delete.
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Choose Actions, and then choose Delete.
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Enter the entity type name, and then choose Delete entity type.
Delete entity type using the
AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)
The following AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) example code deletes the entity type customer using the DeleteEntityType API.
import boto3
fraudDetector = boto3.client('frauddetector')
fraudDetector.delete_entity_type (
name = 'customer'
)
