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Policy Context Menu Options

Regardless of the policy type, the options available in a policy context menu are as follows:

Enable

To change a policy setting from disabled to enabled, select the policy setting in question and click Enable in the Tasks section.

Alternatively, you can right-click the policy and select Enable from the context menu.

Disable

To change a configuration policy status from enabled to disabled, select the policy and click Disable in the Tasks section.

Alternatively, you can right-click the policy and select Disable from the context menu.

Evaluate Now

Evaluates the selected policy instantly. Evaluation can only be selected for policies having the status Enabled.

View Query

This option is only available on query based policies.

Opens the Query Designer dialog that includes the query that the current policy is based on. You can change the arguments of the query.

Copy

Lets you copy the policy to the clipboard and paste it, for example, in a different folder. The copied policy is assigned the prefix Copy of ....

New

Opens the Policy Designer dialog where you can create a new policy.

Delete

Opens the Confirm Delete dialog that prompts you for delete confirmation.

Rename

Makes the name of the selected policy editable.

Permissions

Opens the Object permissions dialog which shows the access rights that each user or group has on the selected object(s).

Properties

Opens the Policy Designer dialog displaying the settings of this policy.

Note: Some of these options are also available in the Tasks section of the Policy pane.