Editing the Base Policy

The first time you select the policy view on dope.swg, you’ll see the Base policy.

Base Policy

You will not have the ability to create multiple policies unless you have imported users and groups into the product.

The policy view shows all the dope.swg parent categories, with subcategories collapsed. You can see what restriction level is associated with each parent category.

DOPE Categories

The Base Policy contains 83 subcategories that are grouped into 30 parent categories.

Each of the 83 categories has a default restriction category of either allow or block. Starting off, each subcategory has the same restriction level as its parent category. This means if you want to allow or block the same type of category, you can just change the restriction level at the parent level.

You can also change the restriction level for each individual subcategory if you wish. As well as “Allow” and “Block,” dope.swg also supports a restriction level of “Warning.”

So, are you ready to proceed? Let’s make some category changes.

Change a parent category

On selecting a parent category, the right-side panel provides a description of what that category covers.

You can change the restriction level to “Allow,” “Block,” or “Warning” for each super category.

If you change the restriction level at the parent category level, the subcategories restriction level will be updated to reflect.

Change a subcategory

Clicking into a parent category expands to reveal the associated subcategories. On selecting a subcategory, the right-side panel provides a description of what that subcategory covers.

You can then change the restriction level to “Allow,” “Block,” or “Warning” for each subcategory.

The restriction level shown at the parent level reflects the restriction level associated with each subcategory. When any subcategory restriction level is different, the parent level will that the restriction is Mixed

Once you have completed the changes you want to make, you must save your policy. This is done by selecting the save button in the bottom right panel in the console.

The Base Policy is now updated: dope.swg will automatically apply the updates for all users assigned to the policy.