Creating an Exclusion Rule

Exclusion rules are used in the Filters tab of the Publishing Profile to exclude content from the published output. You can build expressions based on the release state applied to a topic, the folder containing the topic, or a variable value. You can also choose specific topics to be excluded.

The following operators are used to build the expressions. Choose the equals or not operators for Release States, Folders, and "List of Value" Variables. Select from the full list of operators when you are working with Text variables.

To Create an Exclusion Rule:

1. Open the profile and choose the Filters tab.
2. Choose Add... to open the Exclude Topics window.
3. Choose Matching criteria to build expressions using Release States, Folders, or Variables.

   Select the criteria for the expression from:

   • Release States: Select an operator from the drop-down list. Choose a release state from the drop-down list

     -or-

   • Folders: Select an operator from the drop-down list. Browse to the selected folder. You can include or exclude the subfolders using the Include subfolders checkbox.

     -or-

   • Variable: Choose a variable from the drop-down list. Select an operator from the drop-down list. Add a value for the expression.
4. Choose Topic to create an expression that excludes a specific topic. Browse to the topic you want to exclude.
5. Choose OK to save the rule.