Hi Lori
Do you know if PTC plan to make any improvements with regards to export and import of ACLs. These rules underpin the whole system, hence there is a very big hole in the admin tool set.
The Policy Admin tool is only good for making atomic changes. Anybody with a broader interest in ACL is pretty much obliged to create a report and analyse those rules in Excel or similar.
There is no supported way to export org and site rules (in a loadable format), and as you say the application container method is “clunky”.
The fact you can import them is a moot point if you can’t export them. As regards to creating rules externally then loading, the CSV2XML util is not particularly useful especially as it does not support dynamic roles.
We are trying to consolidate application rules at org level. I was told by tech support that I have to delete 66,000 rules one by one using the UI. Thankfully our developer has found a customized solution to that problem otherwise I would have a pretty sore finger by now.
Interested to hear your opinion.
Best Regards
Darren