A Builder is a complete graphical interface for creating and managing the policies that define the exchange of data between connected systems. Builders help you to build portions of a policy. For example, you define most arguments in the Argument Builder, and the Policy Builder enables you to add, view, and delete the rules that make up a policy. You can also use the Policy Builder to import and save policies and rules, and manage XML namespaces.
There are several more builders and editors that are used by the Condition editor and Action editor in the Policy Builder. Each builder can recursively call anyone of the builders. For more information on builders, see Managing Policies with the Policy Builder
and Using Additional Builders and Editors
in the NetIQ Identity Manager - Using Designer to Create Policies.
Builders give you powerful flexibility in designing data exchange. For example, the Policy Builder has the following capabilities:
Creating and editing policy scripts
Defining rules: conditions, actions, groups
Support for predefined rules
Emphasis on productivity
Nested inline editors
Keyboard support
Copy/paste within an editor and across editors
Drag and drop
Integrated Help
Policy creation wizards
Import/export
Namespace editing
Expand/collapse all
Reordering
Integrated e-mail templates
Integrated Global Configuration Values
Integrated schema
Various display preferences
Argument builder and token editor
Undo/redo
Validation
XML editor