Manage Ad Hoc rules

This procedure provides the basic steps for managing ad hoc rules.

  1. On the Output Manager Console menu bar, click Tools > Ad Hoc Rules.
    This opens the Ad Hoc Rules Manager dialog box. In this dialog box, the ad hoc rules grid lists all of the defined ad hoc rules in the order they will be processed. Selecting a rule will display the rule for preview below the grid. To modify the rule, double-click the row.
  2. Under the ad hoc rules grid, use the following procedures to configure rules.
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    Create a rule Click Add. This opens the Ad Hoc Rule dialog box.
    Modify a rule Select a rule and click Modify.
    Delete a rule Select a rule and click Remove.
    Create a copy of a rule Select a rule and click Copy. Then, to rename the new rule, either double-click the rule or select the rule and click Modify.
    Reorder the rules Select a rule and click Move Up or Move Down.
    Run a rule now Select a rule and click Run Now. On the menu that displays, you can choose to run the rule against all documents in the spool or against all newly received documents since the last time the rule was run. The rule will not be run against retained documents.
  3. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.