How do I create or configure a format policy?

Steps
 

Choose Administration→Format and Range Policies from the NFM-P main menu. The Format and Range Polices form opens.


Expand Format/Range (Property Rules) and choose Format Policy (Property Rules) from the Select Object Type drop-down menu.


Click Create or choose a format policy and click Properties. The Format Policy (Create | Edit) form opens.


Configure the required parameters.


Select an object and property for which you need to apply the name format policy in the Property panel.


Click on the Users tab.

Note: Only users and user groups that are assigned to this policy are affected by the policy. You can apply one or more format policies to a user or user group.


Click Add. The Select User form opens with a list of users.


Select one or more users in the list and click OK. The Format Policy form is refreshed with the selected users.


Click on the User Groups tab.


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Click Add. The Select Group form opens with a list of user groups.


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Choose one or more user groups in the list and click OK. The Format Policy (Create | Edit) form is refreshed with the selected user groups.


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Click on the Text Block Formats tab to further define the format of the text. For example, an operator can classify a group of services with a similar name. The operator can also create a tool tip text to describe the purpose of the parameter.


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Click Move Up or Move Down to change the sequence of the text blocks in the text string.


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Click Create and perform one of the following:

  1. Choose Auto-Filled Parameter. The Auto-Filled Parameter (Create) form opens.

  2. Choose Masked Text Parameter. The Formatted Text (Create) form opens.

  3. Choose Number Range Parameter. The Number Range (Create) form opens.

  4. Choose Text Parameter. The Text (Create) form opens.


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Configure the required parameters.

The Min. Length and Max. Length parameters are not configurable when the Read Only parameter is enabled.


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Save your changes and close the forms.

Note: After a format policy is applied to a service, a drop-down menu is displayed beside the object field during object creation, to indicate that a format policy is in effect. When there is only one matching policy, the drop-down menu is dimmed. When there are multiple matching policies, the drop-down menu is used to choose a policy. The sequence of the policies in the drop-down menu is based on the value of the Priority parameter.

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