Data collection policies are containers that let you categorize and organize your data collection rules by application or topic. When you want specific data collection rules to apply to a device group, you associate a data collection policy with a device group.
Agent Manager then applies data collection rules in data collection policies to computers in the associated device group. Data collection rules in data collection policies are not applied to any computers unless the data collection policy is associated with a device group. The Sentinel Web console allows you to manage this association.