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Rule ID Element

The rule ID identifies the rule. Each rule must begin with a unique rule identifier. The format of a rule identifier is this:

RULE rule_ID 

Where rule_ID:

• Is one to five alphanumeric characters.
• Does not have a zero for the second character. The zero is reserved for use by CA.
• Is not already defined by Performance Manager factory rules.

By convention, the first character of a rule identifier describes the rule performance category. The Performance Manager uses the alphabetic characters in the following table as the first letter of the rule identifier.

The following table lists the rule ID abbreviations: