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  • Searches within Lists (defined in the Configuration Management > Job Management > Lists page) of comma-delimited values to enforce consistency and reduce the number of rules needed to perform similar tasks. Enables better integration of scripts and policies (for an example, see Using List Searches);

  • Calling a Policy Rule from within another Rule –The new PolicyRuleCall element may be used to call one rule from within another. This enables improved re-use of rule logic and works something like a function call. The caller may override the severity of the called rule;

  • Configuration block checks – supplements or replaces the CPD functionality used in the CPD editor. It allows you to break a configuration file into blocks, and then perform analysis on each of those blocks. These may be nested as desired by the administrator writing the rule. For more information, see Using Configuration Block Checks;

  • Use expressions to perform logical and mathematical operations, and for reading variables. You use the Expr element to perform these and other actions (for more information, see Regular Expressions in Policy Rules and the section Using the Expression <Expr> Element);

  • Support for arrays. Array indices begin at Zero. In XML rules, the Expr element can use the following operators to work with arrays:

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