Overview

About Content Validation

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

The GE Digital APM product enforces restrictions on modifying baseline content. For example, if you attempt to modify a baseline Rules Library project in the GE Digital APM Rules Editor, you will not be able to do so. As long as these restrictions are in place, the baseline GE Digital APM content will be protected. Through alternate and unsupported workflows, however, it may be possible to modify the baseline GE Digital 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, GE Digital 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, GE Digital APM can assist you in restoring the content to a valid baseline state.

The following content is protected by the GE Digital APM Content Validation mechanism:
  • Catalog folders and items
  • GE Digital APM Rules Library projects and code items
  • Families
  • Fields
  • Dependencies used for license activation

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.

Access Content Validation Page

Procedure

In the module navigation menu, select Admin > Configuration Manager > Content Validation.
The Content Validation page appears.