To associate a policy table with a new or existing policy rule, the policy table must already be created. See About Policy Tables for more information on what a policy table is. See Creating a Policy Table for more information on how to create a policy table. See Creating a Policy Rule for more information on creating and modifying a policy definition.
To associate a policy table with a policy rule:
- From the Policy Management section of the navigation pane, select Policy Library.
The content tree displays the All Tables group.
- Select the Policy Tables sub-group.
The Policy Table Administration page opens in the work area.
- Select the policy you want to associate to a policy table.
The Policy Administration page displays information about the policy.
- Click Modify.
The policy wizard opens in a Modify Policy tab.
- At the bottom of the page, click Tables.
The Table Associations page opens in the Modify Policy tab.
- On the Table Associations page, select the association type.
- use table policy table called specified alias name
- use table policy table called specified alias name returns unique row
The policy table option is added to the Description section of the page, where you select an existing policy table to use and define an alias name for this policy table, if needed.
- In the Description section of the page, click policy table.
The Policy Table Data window appears.
- Select a table, and click OK.
- Click specified alias name.
The Input a Value window opens.
- Enter an alias name in the format specified in the window, and click OK.
The name describes the purpose of this table in this policy. You can then use the same policy table in multiple policies but define a different purpose each time with the alias name field.
- If you selected the table association that specifies unique row option, click unique row and select an option.
- unique row (default) — First matched row is selected.
- multiple rows — All matches are selected.
- Repeat these steps to associate another policy table with this policy rule, if needed.
- If multiple policy tables are associated with this policy rule, use the
(up) icon or
(down) icon to move the table and change the order in which it is evaluated in the rule.
- At the bottom of the page, click Name.
The Name page opens on the Modify Policy tab.
- Click Finish.
The selected policy tables are associated with this policy definition.