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title: "Creating and Managing Policies"
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Build and test policies in the **Policies** tab (**Config** **Management** tab **>** **Policy** **Design** **Center** side tab **>** **Policies** tab).

Configure rule and policy filters carefully. It is possible to inadvertently specify mutually exclusive filters such that a policy would not apply to any configuration file.

A policy consists of the following:

- Properties: name, short name, author's name, and description.
- Rule(s): one or more rules selected from those available in the **Rules** tab.
- Device filter: limiting the policy to devices with attributes and/or config files containing certain commands.