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Create a Policy for your SiteMinder Application (r12.0 SP2)

Your SiteMinder application requires a policy which grants the access rights with the associated SharePoint resources and the user role.

To create a policy for your application

1. Open the Application you created to protect your SharePoint resources by doing the following:
   1. Click Policies, Applications, Application, Modify Application.

      The Modify Application pane appears.

   2. Click the button next to your SharePoint application, and then click Select.

      The Modify Application: Name pane appears.

2. Click the Policies tab.

   The Policies screen appears.

3. Verify the following:
   • The Select a context root drop-down list shows the root level (/).
   • The Show Resources by Name option button is selected.
4. Locate the table that shows your SharePoint resources and roles, and then select the check box to grant access to the resources, as shown in the following illustration:

   

   Note: The drop-down list mentioned previously only appears when you have multiple resource items defined in the Administrative UI

5. Click Submit.

   The Modify Application task is submitted for processing, and then a confirmation pane appears.

6. Click OK.

   The policy for your SiteMinder application is created.