Creating a Policy

The Settings tab in the Policy Edition window is responsible for creating a new policy when you press the New button in the Policy Configuration window. This menu is also responsible for the edition of a policy if the Edit button is pressed in the Policy Configuration window.



Fields and Commands

Name

Type the name of the policy that you want to create or edit.

If nothing is entered in this field and the OK button is pressed, the following alert message will be displayed:

The name must be informed before the OK button is pressed again.

Description

Type in this field the description of the policy that you are creating or editing.

If nothing is entered in this field and the OK button is pressed, the following alert message will be displayed:

The description must be informed before the OK button is pressed again.

Policy Type

Select in this field the kind of the policy that you are creating. If the policy that you are creating will be applied in the computers when they connect to the network, select the Network Policy option. On other hand, if the policy that you are creating will be applied locally, when the computer administrator didn't create a policy in the computer, select the Server Defined Local Policy option.

This field doesn't appear in PolicyControl version installed to be used in a individual computer.

Help

This button displays the Help window where you can navigate through the PolicyControl help topics.

OK

When this button is pressed, the changes made in the fields will be saved to the policy being created or being modified.

Cancel

This button closes the Policy Edition window and returns to the Policy Configuration window. If there are changes that have not been saved through the OK button, these changes will be discarded.