Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

Creating a Category

After you create a policy, it should be categorized. Categorization allows you to group policies into administrative or logical units and then allow database objects to subscribe to specific categories. It is worth mentioning that server objects can’t subscribe to policies.

To create a category, click on the Description page in the Create New Policy dialog or the Policy properties dialog. Policies can be placed in the default category or a specific category, or you can create a new category. Specifying a category is illustrated in Figure 15.5.

FIGURE 15.5 The category selection dialog.

You can also create categories by right-clicking ...