If you want to | Do this |
Search for rules by rule name or description or by other search criteria | Use the Search bar. You can search using any of the following search criteria: rule type, rule status, rule expression text, alert user's name, action type, SLA, customer, or severity. For more information about using the Search bar, see Working with My webMethods. |
Manage rule instances from the Rule List page | Click ![]() |
Enable a rule or a rule instance | Click ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: Changing the enable status of a rule does not always alter the enable setting of its rule instances. For example, if a rule instance has been enabled, disabling the rule will disable the rule instance, but will not change the rule instance's setting. Hence, when the rule is re-enabled, the rule instance setting will prevent the rule instance from being enabled. |
Disable a rule or a rule instance | Click ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: If you disable a rule that has a current violation against it, Optimize resets the rule so that it is no longer in violation. |
View attribute settings for rules | Note the information displayed in the Type and Sticky columns. You can also determine whether a rule violation has occurred by the icon displayed in the Status column. See
Viewing the Rule List for more information. |
Edit a rule | Click the edit icon ( ![]() CAUTION: If you edit a rule definition, all rule instances associated with that rule are deleted from the system. If you edit a rule, you can populate the system with updated historical information based on your edit using the ![]() |
Generate Rule Violations | Click the ![]() Note: Rule back population does not wok for rules defined on standard deviation. |
Copy a rule | Click the copy icon ( ![]() |
Delete a rule | Select the check box to the left of the rule and then click Delete. Important: Deleting a rule removes all current and historical rule instances associated with that rule. |
Export the list of rules to a *.csv (comma separated value) file | Click Export Table. For more information about exporting table data, see Working with My webMethods. |