You can optionally refine the scope of a policy to narrow the set of objects to which the policy applies. To do this, you include additional selection criteria based on an object's Name, Description or Classification properties. For example, you might create a policy that applies only to Application Servers whose name includes the string “myDomain.com:” or to Application Servers that are classified as Software AG Runtime.

The ability to execute policies based on object classification is an especially effective way to selectively apply policies to objects. As described in Creating a Different Lifecycle Path for a New Version of an Asset, you can use this technique to route assets between alternate paths in a lifecycle model. However, this technique can generally be used any time you want to apply a policy to a particular subset of objects within the specified object types.