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Chapter 6 Managing Policy Objects
Working with Policy Objects—Basic Procedures
Working with Policy Objects—Basic Procedures
The following topics describe the actions that you can perform on policy objects. Some tasks are limited
to certain types of objects. For example, not all types of object can be overridden, you cannot edit
predefined objects, and you cannot import or export all objects.
This section contains the following topics:
• Creating Policy Objects, page 6-9
• Editing Objects, page 6-12
• Using Category Objects, page 6-12
• Cloning (Duplicating) Objects, page 6-13
• Viewing Object Details, page 6-14
• Generating Object Usage Reports, page 6-14
• Deleting Objects, page 6-16
• Managing Object Overrides, page 6-17
• Importing and Exporting Policy Objects, page 6-21
Creating Policy Objects
Security Manager provides predefined policy objects of various types that you can use to define policies.
Additionally, you can create your own objects, as required.
You can create objects in one of two ways:
Clone Object Select this command to create a copy of the policy object. For more
information, see Cloning (Duplicating) Objects, page 6-13.
Copy Object Choose this command to copy one or more selected objects to the
system Clipboard.
Tip You can also use Ctrl+C to copy objects.
Paste Object Choose this command to paste the object(s) on the system Clipboard
into another object. For example, you might add a host-type
Networks/Hosts object to an existing group-type Networks/Hosts
object. The two object types must be compatible.
Tip You can also use Ctrl+V to paste objects.
Find Usage Choose this command to generate a usage report for the selected object
using the Object Usage dialog box. The usage report tells you where the
object is currently being used. for more information, see Generating
Object Usage Reports, page 6-14.
View Object Choose this command to view the definition of the object using a
read-only version of the edit dialog box for the object. For more
information, see Viewing Object Details, page 6-14.
Table 6-3 Policy Object Manager Shortcut Menu (Continued)
Menu Command Description