To edit a policy, you must have Modify permission on the policy. If your user account belongs to a role that has the Manage Design/Change-Time Policies permission for an organization, you automatically have permission to modify all of the policies in that organization. If your user account belongs to a role that has the Manage System-Wide Design/Change-Time Policies permission, you have permission to edit any system-wide policy.

You cannot modify an active policy. If the policy that you want to edit is in the active state, you must deactivate it or use the versioning feature to create a new version of the policy. Creating a new version of the policy allows you to make your changes without having to deactivate the existing policy. For details, see Versioning a Policy.