Required. The resource name of the EntryType: projects/{project_number}/locations/{locationId}/entryTypes/{entryTypeId}.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:
dataplex.entryTypes.delete
Query parameters
Parameters
etag
string
Optional. If the client provided etag value does not match the current etag value, the DeleteEntryTypeRequest method returns an ABORTED error response.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.
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