Editing policies

Last published : Apr 17, 2026
If required, you can edit the policy to add or remove conditions and tags.
To edit a policy
  1. In the left navigation pane, click Policies.
  2. Search for and select the policy you want to edit.
  3. Click Edit.
The Edit \<Policy Name \> dialog box appears.
  1. Modify the following details as required.
    Name Specifies the policy name. The name must be unique, and it can
    contain up to 100 alphanumeric, space, and special characters.
    Status Enables or disables the policy. You must enable the policy if you want the
    Arctera Insight Classification to check for and tag the items that match the policy.
    Description (Optional.) Provides a short description of the policy for display
    in the Arctera Insight Classification.
    Risk weight Specify the risk weight for the policy. This is a mandatory field.
    By default, the risk weight value of all the custom policies and most of the built-in policies is configured as 1. Users can modify the risk weight value in the range of 0 to 10.
    Tags Nominates one or more tags that you want to apply to the items that match the policy conditions. Click the Tags field to choose from a list of the available tags.
    Conditions Specifies one or more conditions that an item must meet for the Arctera Insight Classification to consider it a match.
    Click + Condition to add a new condition for this policy.
    Click + Group to add a new group of conditions for this policy.
    See About policy conditions .
  2. Test the policy. For more information on testing the policy,
  3. After testing the policy, click Save.
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