Policy Reuse

Previously created policies (for example, ones created for one application but applicable to more than one application) can be added to an application instead of recreating the same policy over and over. For example, if superuser accounts on all applications have the same password requirements, the superuser policy could be created once and copied to all applications.

To copy an existing policy from one application to another:

1. On the Password Policy tab for the target application, click Add Existing Policy.

2. Select the desired password policy by name. The password policy characteristics are displayed for review.

3. Configure the Identity Filter to apply the policy to the appropriate set of Identities for this application. Filters might differ from one application to another (for example, different application attributes or permissions or different Identities attributes can designate a superuser on one application but not on another), so they do not carry over between applications in this policy sharing feature.

4. Click Save to save the filter on this application.

The policy now appears in the application's Password Policies list with a warning icon. Hovering over this icon displays the message "Be careful editing this policy, it is also used by another application." Changes made to the requirements in a shared policy affect all applications using that policy. Changes made to the Identity Filter on these shared policies only affect the individual application's use of the policy.