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Export a Suppression or Summarization Rule

You can export a suppression or summarization rule. This lets you share rules between environments. For example, you could export rules created in a test environment to your live environment.

To export a suppression or summarization rule

1. Click the Administration tab, and then click the Log Collection subtab.

   The Log Collection folder list appears.

2. Click the arrow beside the Event Refinement Library folder to expand it, and then select the Suppression and Summarization Rules folder.

   The Export Suppression or Summarization Rule button appears in the details pane.

3. Click the Suppression Rules or Summarization Rules folder which contains the file you want to export.

   The folder expands, showing the individual files.

4. Select the rule you want to export, and then click Export Suppression or Summarization Rule. The current version is selected by default. You can select an earlier version to export from the Version pull-down list in the details pane.

   An export location dialog appears.

5. Enter or browse to the location where you want to store the exported rule, and click Save.

   An export successful confirmation dialog appears.

6. Click OK.

   The rule is exported.