27.3 Viewing the Effective Policy Report for a Device

The Effective Policy report is accessed through the Policy Assignments by Device report.

  1. Generate the Policy Assignments by Device report for the desired device (see Section 27.2, Viewing a Predefined Report).

    The report contains a section for each device (if you included multiple devices) that shows the policy assignments for the device. The Policy Enforced on the Device column shows the date and time the policy was enforced on the device.

  2. In the Policy Enforced on the Device column, click the most recent date to display the most recent Effective Policy report for the device.

    The report includes a section for each policy type. Each section includes the following:

    Location list: All policies might not be available in all locations. Therefore, the effective policy can be different from one location to another. This list lets you select the location whose effective policy you want to view. The Data Encryption, Security Settings, VPN Enforcement, and Location Assignment policies are global-only policies; they do not have a location list because the effective policy is the same regardless of location.

    Policy settings: The location’s effective policy settings are displayed in one or more sections after the location list. These settings are a result of the ordering and merging rules used to determine the effective policy.

    Location Source: This section lists 1) the Location Assignment policies that are the source of the currently selected location and 2) the policies that are the source for the effective policy settings. The icon identifies a global policy. The icon identifies a location-based policy. This section is not displayed for policy types that support only global policies (Data Encryption, Security Settings, VPN Enforcement, and Location Assignment).

    Merged Policies: This section lists all of the policies available for the available locations, regardless of the currently selected location (or no location for global-only policies). For example, if there are four available locations included in the Location list, the policies that apply to any of the four locations are shown in the list. This list does not change when you change the location to view the effective policy for that location.