Working with the Policy editor

The Policy editor lists the correlation queries that specific policies has with other objects.

Select the Understanding the Business Service Explorer using the Open Perspective icon on the tool bar. Selecting the name of the policy from the Business Policy Explorer launches the Policy editor. All the listings are hyperlinked and provide the details on selection. The Understanding direct correlation queries details are provided from the tabs at the bottom of the workbench and the Understanding indirect correlation queries are listed in the Understanding the repository search results at the bottom of the workbench.

The following image shows the Overview page of the Policy editor.
overview page of the policy editor
The Overview page has the groups listed below.

General Information Group

The General Information Group lists:

Policy Information Group

The Policy Information Group lists:

Note: Priority is used to sort policies when there is a conflict between two or more Policies at runtime. Higher priority policies will be selected over lower priority policies in case of a conflict.
Note: Another field that is the Understanding knowledge assets that is displayed and can be edited only in the Advanced Editors.

For details on Working with assertions refer to the Adding assertions topic.

The following image shows the Policy Expression page of the Policy editor.
policy expression page of the policy editor
The Policy Expression page has the artifacts listed below.

Expression Group

The Expression Group lists the date the policy expression was created and the name of the policy expression.

Assertion Group

The Assertion Group lists each assertion that is associated to the policy. For details on assertions refer to Working with assertions.

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Double-clicking on the specific policy from the Business Services Explorer invokes the editor for that policy.

Related concepts
Modeling a policy
Creating a policy
Working with a dynamic assembly simulation
Understanding policy models
Understanding resources