After evaluating any changes made to the PaCE policy script, you can review the execution output and compliance decision reached. You can review this output immediately after evaluating any policy script changes.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_pace.execution_reader

Procedure

  1. In the Policy builder tab, click the policy version you want to evaluate.
  2. Select the Test playground icon Test playground icon..
  3. After modifying the policy script according to your requirements, click Run Test
    The Output tab is displayed automatically, and shows the output and the decision reached.
    Output tab.

  4. Review the execution output in the Output tab:
    Output tab sectionDescription
    Compliance decision The decision can be:
    • Compliant: The changes you applied to the policy script are compliant with the policy logic. When you click Save Script, the changes are saved, and the changes implemented the next time the policy is invoked.
    • Non-compliant: The changes you applied to the policy script are not compliant with the policy logic.
    • Compliant-exception: In this case, if a policy exception has been approved, any policies that are non-compliant are set to the compliant-exception state.
    • Name of a custom decision: In this case, the decision is pre-defined by the admin for decisions other than complaint or non-complaint.
      Note: There could be multiple custom decisions depending on the type of application you're integrating with PaCE.
    Warnings/Failures Lists the number of warnings or failures generated during the execution.
    Evaluation time Shows how long the evaluation took, in milliseconds.
    Execution output Shows the execution output in JSON format. You can integrate this output with other applications and services and present it in your required format.
    Custom Shows the custom output of the custom decision.
    Note: This tab will only show up if you are testing a custom decision.
    If required, modify the policy script to resolve any issues that arose during the evaluation. You can also review policy execution logs for further analysis.