If a device is eligible for multiple policies of the same type through group based
assignments, policy precedence decides which policy must be applied to that device.
About this task
MaaS360® automatically applies the policy with the
highest precedence if multiple policies are available for a device in a group based
assignment.
Note: The order of priority to decide which type of policy is applied on a device is as
follows:
- Compliance rule
- Location
- Dynamic group (Device and User groups)
- Device (Static group or manual assignment from device view)
- Default
Illustration: Administrator assigned policies P1 and P2 to groups A and B respectively.
The device D2 is eligible for both the policies P1 and P2 as it is part of both Group A and Group B.
Based on the policy precedence, the policy with the highest precedence P1 is applied to the device
D2.
Procedure
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From the IBM®
MaaS360 Portal
Home page, select .
The Policies page is displayed.
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Click Precedence in the top-right corner.
The
Precedence window is displayed.
Section |
Description |
A |
Select a platform from the drop-down list to display all the policies for that
platform. |
B |
The list of policies from the selected platform. |
C |
Indicates the total number of device groups the policy is assigned to.Click the number hyperlink
against a policy to view the detailed list of device groups and the number of devices in those
groups.
|
D |
Indicates the total number of devices the policy is directly assigned to. |
E |
Indicates the status of a policy.
- Published
- Draft
- Needs Publish
|
F |
Indicates the precedence of a policy. The policies are displayed in the ascending order. The
policy with highest precedence is displayed at the top of the list. |
G |
Indicates the date and time the policy was last published. |
H |
Use the search icon to search policies by the policy name. |
I |
Click the download icon to download the policy details to a .csv file. |
J |
Click the refresh button to refresh the policy details. |
K |
Click Edit to edit the policy precedence. |
L |
The Potential Impact section provides details on the possible impact of
policy precedence change on policies, groups, and devices. |
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Click Edit to configure the precedence.
- Change the order of precedence by providing a policy precedence value or by using the + and -
icons to change the order of precedence.
- The minimum permitted value is 1 and the maximum permitted value is the number equal to the
total number of policies that are available for the selected platform. An error message is displayed
if you enter a number that is out of the scope.
- The older precedence number is displayed next to the new precedence number for your
reference.
- The Potential Impact section displays the number of policies, groups, and
devices in scope that are impacted due to the change in precedence.
Note: If you change the precedence of policy P1 from 1 to 2, the precedence of policy P2
automatically changes from 2 to 1.
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Click Save.