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Chapter 4 Managing Activities
Working with Activities/Tickets
• FlexConfig object references—All object references are resolvable. If FlexConfig objects reference
non-existent objects, a warning with a list of the missing objects results.
Related Topics
• Submitting an Activity for Approval (Workflow Mode with Activity Approver), page 4-20
• Deploying Configurations in Non-Workflow Mode, page 8-29
Step 1 Do one of the following:
• In Workflow mode:
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Open an activity, and then click the Validate button on the activity toolbar or select Activities
> Validate Activity.
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Select Manage > Activities. From the Activity Manager window, select an activity, and then
click Validate.
• In non-Workflow mode with Ticket Management enabled:
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Open a ticket, and then click the Validate Saved Changes button on the tickets toolbar or select
Tickets > Validate Ticket.
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Select Manage > Tickets. From the Ticket Manager window, select a ticket, and then click
Validate.
• In non-Workflow mode with Ticket Management disabled, select File > Validate, or try to preview
or deploy policies.
Security Manager performs the validation and opens an informational message dialog box that
summarizes the validation results. If there are no errors, validation passes. If there are errors or warnings,
click Details to open the Validation dialog box, where you can view detailed information about the
errors.
Step 2 Evaluate the errors to determine how to fix them.
The Validation dialog box organizes the errors and warnings in two ways, which are displayed on
separate tabs:
• Errors tab—The Errors tab organizes validation problems based on the type of error. Each error
indicates the number of devices that are affected and the severity of the error.
Select an error in the upper pane, and a list of devices (with the type of device) that have the error
appears in the lower left pane. The lower right pane describes the error, its cause, and what you
might do to fix it.
• Devices tab—The Devices tab organizes validation problems based on the device. Each device
indicates the number and types of errors and warnings for the device, and the device type. The device
status indicates the worst problem in the device configuration (error or warning).
Select a device in the upper pane, and a list of the errors for that device appears in the lower left
pane. Select an error and the lower right pane describes the error, its cause, and what you might do
to fix it.
You must correct errors before submitting the activity. Security Manager does not allow an activity to be
submitted with validation errors.
Note A validation warning (as opposed to an error) will not prevent activity approval or deployment.
