NetIQ Documentation: Policies in Designer 3.5

3.2 Using the Policy Builder

The Policy Builder enables you to add, view, and delete the rules that make up a policy. You can also use it to import and save policies and rules, and manage XML namespaces. The Policy Builder contains the Action Builder and the Condition Builder.

The following tips describe how to perform some common Policy Builder tasks:

Table 3-1 Common Policy Builder Tasks

Tasks	Description
Disable	Disables a policy, rule, condition, or action.
Enable	Enables a policy, rule, condition, or action.
Disable Trace	Disables tracing on a rule, condition, or action.
Enable Trace	Enables tracing on a rule, condition, or action.
in the tool bar	Enables DirXML Script tracing on the policy.
Edit	Edits the name of a rule or edits the description of a rule.
Delete	Deletes a rule or a policy.
Browse	Browses a list of values to use when populating a field.
Add a rule	Adds a new rule or a predefined rule.
Import	Imports a policy from a file.
Save to File	Saves a policy to a file.
Deploy	Deploys a policy to the Identity Vault.
Compare	Compares the policy in the Policy Builder to an existing policy in the Identity Vault.
Policy Simulator	Launches the Policy Simulator and tests the policies in the Policy Builder.
Edit Namespace	Adds multiple XML namespaces to the rule or policy.
XPath Builder	Launches the XPath Builder to create XPath expressions.
Expand	Expands all of the rules in a policy.
Collapse	Collapses all of the rules in a policy.
Move up	Moves a rule up in the policy.
Move down	Moves a rule down in the policy.
Save	Click the save icon in the tool bar, click File > Save, or press Ctrl+S to save your work.
Policy Description	Adds a comment to a policy or rule. Comments are stored directly in the policy or rule, and can be as long as necessary.