Overview

The APM product includes baseline content that is owned and controlled by APM. Customers can use the APM content as a starting point for developing their own content, but the baseline APM content should not be modified. Protecting the integrity of the baseline APM content is essential for supporting the APM database upgrade process and for ensuring that the APM product will continue to function properly.

The APM product enforces restrictions on modifying baseline content. For example, if you attempt to modify a baseline Rules Library project in the APM Rules Editor, you will not be able to do so. As long as these restrictions are in place, the baseline APM content will be protected. Through alternate and unsupported workflows, however, it may be possible to modify the baseline APM content. If this occurs, you should restore the baseline content immediately.

To help you ensure that your database does not contain any invalid baseline content and to help you detect problems as soon as they occur, APM provides the Content Validation tool. Using this tool, you can scan your database for invalid baseline content. Any invalid content that is detected can be exported, after which, APM can assist you in restoring the content to a valid baseline state.

When Content Validation is enabled, modifications to and deletions from baseline content will be detected. We recommend that you enable Content Validation to ensure the integrity of your database.