Create a policy hierarchy

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  • Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
  • 2 Minuten Lesedauer

    • Policies are attached to groups of related CIs. If you have a subgroup of related CIs, you can attach a new policy to the subgroup using a policy hierarchy, without creating the new policy from scratch.

    Vorbereitungen

    Role required: agent_client_collector_admin

    Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird

    Policy hierarchy enables you to use a policy as a template to create a new policy, which is then attached to a subgroup of the original policy's CIs. The original policy is the parent policy, and the new policy is the child policy.
    Hinweis:
    You cannot create a child policy when a proxy agent is in place for the parent policy.

    Prozedur

    1. Navigate to All > Agent Client Collector > Policies.
    2. On the Policies page, select a published policy with a Hierarchy value of either None or Parent.
    3. Select the Create Child button at the top of the page or underneath the Monitored CIs tab.
      A new (child) policy opens with the same parameters as the original policy. The name of the policy is <Policy name><date and time created>.
      Hinweis:
      The child policy inherits the parent policy's parameters only when it is first created; there is no continuous inheritance from the parent to the child.
      The following fields appear hard-coded with the indicated values:
      Tabelle : 1. Child policy fields
      Field Value
      Publish status Draft
      Hierarchy Child
      Parent <Name of the parent policy>

      The Order field value indicates the priority by which the agent attaches itself to the policy. A lower number indicates higher priority, and each created child policy takes on a higher value than the policy preceding it. You can modify this value, as needed.

    4. Modify the policy's parameters, as needed.
      The following buttons appear on the child policy page:
      Button Description
      Compare to Parent Select to display the differences between the child policy and its parent policy.
      Return to Parent Select to leave the child policy page (without saving) and return to the parent policy.

      The following buttons appear on the parent policy page:

      Button Description
      Deactivate Appears for an active policy. Enables you to select from the following:
      • Deactivate the parent policy and all of its child policies
      • Deactivate only the parent policy
      Activate Appears for an inactive policy. Enables you to select from the following:
      • Activate the parent policy and all of its child policies
      • Activate only the parent policy
      Delete Enables you to select from the following:
      • Delete the parent policy and all of its child policies
      • Delete only the parent policy
    5. Select Save.
      Child policies appear on the Child Policies tab of the parent policy.