#Inherit and Stop Inheriting Profiles

After applying a Policy Enforcer profile to a particular node, the sub-nodes automatically inherit the rules in the profile applied to their parent node.

When applying profiles for the first time, you can apply profiles directly at any level that Policy Enforcer supports (site collection/site level). After one profile has been applied to a node at a particular level (Level A), you can still apply a profile directly to the nodes at levels that are higher than Level A. However, if you want to apply a profile to a node at a level that is lower than Level A, you must first break the node’s inheritance from its parent node.

Refer to the sections below for detailed instructions on stopping inheriting profiles from parent nodes and inheriting profiles again.

#Stop Inheriting a Profile When Selecting One Node on the Tree

If you select a node on the tree and the selected node is currently inheriting a profile from its parent node, complete the following steps to break the profile inheritance of the selected node:

1. Select the desired node on the tree and click Create or Apply Profile on the ribbon. A message bar appears on the top of the Create or Apply Profile area. This message informs that the selected node is currently inheriting a profile from its parent node, and the inherited profile’s name is also displayed in the message bar.

2. Click Stop Inheriting on the ribbon.

3. Click OK in the pop-up window.

Once the selected node stops inheriting the profile from its parent node, the rules and settings in the previously inherited profile are removed from this node. The changes of the profile applied on the parent node will not affect this node.

#Stop Inheriting a Profile When Selecting Multiple Nodes on the Tree

If you select multiple nodes on the tree and some of the selected nodes are currently inheriting profiles from parent nodes, complete the following steps to break the profile inheritance of these nodes:

1. Select the desired nodes on the tree and click Create or Apply Profile on the ribbon. A pop-up window appears to display the profile applied status of the selected nodes.

2. Click Proceed Anyway to access the Create or ApplyProfile page.

3. Click Stop Inheriting on the ribbon.

4. Click OK in the pop-up window.

Once the selected nodes stop inheriting the profile from parent nodes, the rules and settings in previously inherited profiles are removed from these nodes. The changes of the profiles applied on the parent nodes will not affect these nodes.

The Stop Inheriting action does not affect the selected nodes in the following situations: the node whose profile inheritance has already been broken; the node whose parent node has never been applied a profile.

#Inherit the Profile from a Parent Node When Selecting One Node

If you select a node on the tree and the selected node has broken the profile inheritance from its parent node, complete the following steps to inherit the profile from the parent node again:

1. With the desired node selected on the tree, click Create or Apply Profile on the ribbon.

2. Click Inherit on the ribbon.

3. Click OK in the pop-up window.

Once the selected node inherits a profile from its parent node again, the currently applied profile will be overwritten by the profile applied to its parent node.

#Inherit Profiles from Parent Nodes When Selecting Multiple Nodes

If you select multiple nodes on the tree and some of the selected nodes have broken profile inheritance from parent nodes, complete the following steps to inherit the profile from the corresponding parent nodes again:

1. With the desired nodes on the tree, click Create or Apply Profile on the ribbon. If some of the selected nodes are inheriting profiles from parent nodes or already have profiles applied to them, a pop-up window appears to display the profile applied status of the selected nodes.

2. Click Proceed Anyway to access the Create or Apply Profile page.

3. Click Inherit on the ribbon.

4. Click OK in the pop-up window.

Once you perform the Inherit action on the selected nodes, the selected nodes will inherit the profiles applied to their parent nodes again, and the currently applied profiles will be overwritten.

The Inherit action does not affect the selected nodes in the following situations: the node currently inheriting a profile from its parent node; the node whose parent node has never been applied a profile.