Define a Baseline or Topology Policy

This task describes how to define a new policy and apply it to managed views.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Click the Add Policy button in the Policies toolbar and select one of the following:

Add Baseline Policy
Add Topology Policy

In the General area of the Details pane,enter the policy name and description.

In the Views area of the Details pane, select the views to which the new policy applies.

In the Validity area of the Details pane, select the period of policy validation.

In the Filter area of the Details pane, select the CI type of the CIs to be tested against the policy. Optionally, select a TQL to serve as an advanced filter of the CIs to be tested against the policy.

Do one of the following:

For baseline policies, define a baseline CI and its attributes in the Baseline area of the Details pane.
For topology policies, set the condition type and condition TQL in the Condition area of the Details pane.

When you are finished, click Save in the Policies toolbar to save your policy.