Policies

Policies are used to define the conditions under which a feature is active. Policies can be created as re-usable sets of conditions, and they function exactly as if they were created within a feature flag directly.

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For in-depth details of how a policy is structured, review the Core Policies documentation.

Creating a Policy

To create a new policy, click the New Policy button.

Editing a Policy

To Edit a policy, click the edit button next to the policy you want to modify.

Adding Conditions to a Policy

Policy Conditions can be one of the following:

• Expression: A comparison expression that is applied to the Beacon Context.
• Policy: A reference to another Policy that is included in this Policy.
• Date/Time: A date or time condition that must be met.
• Operator: A logical operator that combines multiple other condition types.

Expression Conditions

Expression conditions allow you to define a condition based on the Beacon Context.

To use an Expression, set the Type to Expression, then enter a Context property, choose an Operator, and enter one or more values to compare the Context value against.

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Use Laravel's dot-notation to reference nested properties in the Beacon Context.

Policy Conditions

Policy conditions allow you to include another Policy within the current Policy. This is useful for re-using common conditions across multiple Policies.

Policy conditions are inlined, meaning that the conditions of the referenced Policy are evaluated as part of the current Policy.

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You cannot choose a Policy that references the current Policy, as this would create an infinite loop.

To use a Policy, set the Type to Policy, then select the Policy you want to include from the dropdown.

Date/Time Conditions

Date/Time conditions allow you to specify a condition based on a specific date or time.

To use a Date/Time condition, set the Type to Date/Time, then enter a Context property, choose an Operator, and choose a date and/or time value to compare the Context value against.

Operator Conditions

Operator conditions allow you to combine multiple other condition types using logical operators.

To use an Operator condition, set the Type to Operator, then select the logical operator you want to use (AND, OR, AND NOT, XOR).

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Operators should only be used between two other conditions. Trailing operators will be ignored.

Using Operator conditions, you can combine multiple conditions together to create complex policies: