Viewing List of Global Policies and Policy Details

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The Global Policies tab displays a list of all globally available policies in webMethods API Gateway. Global policies are listed alphabetically by name.

In addition to viewing the list of policies, you can also examine the details of a policy, create a copy of the template, activate, and delete a global policy in the Global Policies tab.

To view the policy list and properties of a global policy

  1. Click Policies in the title navigation bar.
  2. Click the Global Policies tab.
    A list of all available global policies appears. Use the Show drop-down list at the bottom of the page to set the maximum number of policies you want to display in a page.
    The Global Policies tab provides the following information about each policy:
    Column Description
    Name Name of the global policy.
    Description The description for the global policy.
    You can also perform the following operations on a global policy:
    • Activate a policy to begin enforcing runtime behaviors.
    • Deactivate a policy to suspend enforcement of runtime behaviors.
    • Create a new copy of the policy.
    • Delete a policy to remove it from webMethods API Gateway.
  3. Select the required policy whose details you want to examine.
    The Global Policy details page appears. The policy details are displayed in the following tabs:
    • Policy Details: This tab contains a summary of basic information such as name, description, scope of the policy as to when the policy will apply, applicable APIs, and other information.
    • Policy Configuration: This tab contains the policy stages, applied policies, as well as the configuration details of individual policies.