Adding a Rule

  1. On the home page of the console, click Command Control.

  2. In the command control pane, click Rules.

  3. In the task pane, click Add to add a rule at the top level.

    To add a rule as a child of another rule, select the rule and click Add in the task pane.

  4. Specify a name for the rule.

  5. Click Finish to add a new rule.

  6. Select the rule, then click Modify Rule in the task pane.

    For configuration information, see Modifying a Rule.

  7. Move the rule by using the Alt key and drag and drop it to the correct position according to the order in which you want to process the rules. This moves the rule in the same hierarchy.

    When a user specifies a command under Command Control, the following rule processing takes place:

    • The conditions set for the first rule in the hierarchy are checked.

    • If there is a match, the rule is processed. Depending on how the rule is configured, processing of additional rules takes place or stops. If rule processing is not stopped, the next rule for which conditions are checked is the child of this rule. Rule checking and processing continues until it is stopped by a rule, or until all appropriate rules have been processed.

    • If there is no match, the conditions for the next rule at the same hierarchical level as the first rule are checked, and this continues until a match is found. Rule processing then takes place as described above.

    You can change the default order of rule processing on the Modify Rule screen, or by using scripts. See Modifying a Script.