# Remove a policy group association from a target group

Removes the compliance policy group association from a custom group (target group) and cleans up the related collection and configuration.

## Endpoint

`POST /dcapi/scap/compliance/map/dissociate`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/scap/compliance/map/dissociate`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.VulnerabilityMgmt.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/dissociatePolicyGrp.v1+json`
- **Accept** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/dissociatePolicyGrp.v1+json`

#### Request Body

`application/json`

- JSON Object
  - **customGroup** (`long`, Optional): Custom group resource ID (target group). Fetch from [Get CG Association Details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/get-cg-association-details.html).
  - **collectionId** (`long`, Optional): Associated collection ID. Fetch from [Get CG Association Details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/get-cg-association-details.html).

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/scap/compliance/map/dissociate \
  --header 'Accept: application/dissociatePolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/dissociatePolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Remove a policy group association from a target group.

```json
{
  "customGroup": "301",
  "collectionId": 5001
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

- JSON Object
  - **status** (`string`): Result status. success or failed.

### HTTP Code 400

Response body: `application/json`

- JSON Object
  - **statusCode** (`string`): HTTP status code (400).
  - **errorCode** (`string`): API-specific error code identifying the validation failure.
  - **message** (`string`): Error message describing the validation failure.

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

- JSON Object
  - **errorCode** (`long`): Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication=required).
  - **errorMsg** (`string`): Authentication failure reason.

### HTTP Code 429

Response body: `application/json`

- JSON Object
  - **errorCode** (`long`): Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes.
  - **errorMsg** (`string`): Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance.

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Policy group dissociated successfully

```json
{
  "status": "success"
}
```

#### Dissociation failed

```json
{
  "status": "failed"
}
```

### HTTP 400

A request body parameter has an invalid format or type.

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0025",
  "url": "/dcapi/scap/compliance/map/dissociate",
  "errorMsg": "customGroup is an invalid parameter format."
}
```

### HTTP 401

User is action-restricted for this custom group.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "User Not Authorized",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.