Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 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. 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 22.6.

Figure 22.6 The category selection dialog.

You can also create categories by right-clicking on Policy Management ...