---
title: "Preliminary information and prerequisites for creating Policies"
slug: "policies-v6-7"
description: "Manage access rights and device settings with customizable policies. Learn to configure entitlements, admin roles, and assignment criteria effectively."
updated: 2026-09-08T14:00:02Z
published: 2026-09-08T14:56:16Z
canonical: "support.appgate.com/policies-v6-7"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Policies

Policies allow or stop access and admin rights and configure device and DNS settings. They include assignment criteria that define when each policy will be applied.

Before you start, pre-configure the following elements:

- ***Entitlements***. Refer to [Configure Entitlements](/v1/docs/configure-entitlements-v6-7)
- ***Ringfence***. Refer to [Configure Ringfence rules](/v1/docs/configure-ringfence-rules-v6-7).
- ***Admin roles***. Refer to [Configure Admin Roles](/v1/docs/configure-admin-roles-v6-7).
- ***Customized claims***. To set up customized claims for policy assignment criteria, refer to [Identity Provider General Settings](/v1/docs/general-settings-v6-7).
- ***Scripts***. Create and upload any [criteria scripts](/v1/docs/using-policies-v6-7) or [user claim scripts](/v1/docs/user-claims-v6-7#user-claim-script), or [create assignment criteria expressions](/v1/docs/criteria-scripts-v6-7).

Background information:

- For more information about the role of policies in provisioning rights, refer to [Troubleshooting user and device access](/v1/docs/troubleshooting-user-and-device-access-v6-7) and [System Administration](/v1/docs/admin-user-access-v6-7).
- See the [Application Discovery](/v1/docs/application-discovery-v6-7) section for more information about identifying the best policy fit for groups of entitlements.
- For more information about the claims available for creating policy criteria expressions, refer to [User Claims](/v1/docs/user-claims-v6-7), [Device Claims](/v1/docs/device-claims-v6-7), or [Claims in detail](/v1/docs/claims-in-detail-v6-7).
- For more information about propagating changes to policies, see the [Disable, change or remove access](/v1/docs/disable-change-or-remove-access-v6-7#propagating-changes-to-users) section.

Use the **Policies** page for:

- Creating new policies to assign rights users and devices
- Managing client access rights using entitlements
- Adding or removing admin roles
- Adding or removing device and client settings
- Adding or removing DNS settings used by the device
- Stopping one or more users and devices from signing in
- Performing bulk actions
- Performing actions using the [action buttons](/v1/docs/policies-v6-7#action-buttons)

When you are ready to start configuring policies, see the [Configure Policies](/v1/docs/configure-policies-v6-7) section.

## Settings ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e7482ce5-acfa-4c3b-b76c-b6c32472644a/Images/Documentation/ag62-cog.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T22%3A05%3A12Z&se=2026-10-26T23%3A05%3A12Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=JdRxrB3SdwQCEdufj6PqwGmUrE%2FBqnk%2BhLeihXAfsF4%3D)

In the ***Settings*** menu, you can enable the *Normal* or *Details* view of the **Policies** page. The *Details* view displays more information for policies.

## Actions

The admin UI tools page provides [more information](/v1/docs/admin-ui-tools-v6-7) about the operations that can be performed with the actions button.

## Action Buttons

Action buttons are accessed by clicking the three dots icon (![Three circular shapes stacked vertically on a dark background, selected to access a menu.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e7482ce5-acfa-4c3b-b76c-b6c32472644a/Images/Documentation/three_dots.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T22%3A05%3A12Z&se=2026-10-26T23%3A05%3A12Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=JdRxrB3SdwQCEdufj6PqwGmUrE%2FBqnk%2BhLeihXAfsF4%3D)) to the right of each item in the page or from the <Actions> button within the item. They are contextual, changing depending on the type of item and the state of the item. The action button for policies displays the following option:

- ***Enable/disable Policy Status***. This switch allows the status to be set to *Enabled* or *Disabled*.