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Work with P3 policies

A P3 policy is a set of optimization rules applied to a set of origin URLs. You can create different policies depending on your optimization needs.

Policy Fields​

P3 provides the following fields for configuring your policies:

  • Policy Name - The name of the policy.
  • Device Type - Icons indicating whether the policy applies to mobile devices, desktop devices, or both.
  • Optimization Level - The selected optimization level: Light, Moderate, or Aggressive.
  • Page Type - Whether the type of optimization is for page type Home, Category, or Product Detail Page.
  • Last Updated - The day and time this policy was last updated.

P3 Policy Fields

Create a Policy​

To create a new P3 policy:

  1. Log in to your PhotonIQ Performance Proxy dashboard.
  2. Click Policies.
  3. Click New Policy.

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  1. Enter information in the following fields. All fields are required.

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  • Name - The name of the policy.
  • Domain Name - The name of the domain.
  • Origin - The URL the policy should be applied to.
  • URL Pattern - Provide an absolute URL or a regex pattern in order to group pages that have the same structure.
    • For example, you could list each page:
      • /us/category/boys
      • /us/category/girls
      • /us/product/shoes
      • /us/product/jeans or provide regex:
      • ^/us/category/.*$
      • ^/us/product/.*$
  • Sample Path - An example of a path that matches the URL pattern.
  • Target Region - The region to which the content from the origin will be served.
    • Is Region-Specific Content? - Select Yes or No.
    • Is Origin Content Compressed? - Indicate whether the origin content is compressed or not.
  • Headers - If you want to pass headers to the origin, add as many headers as necessary.
    • Send headers to origin - Select the checkbox to send the headers to the origin along with the request.
    • Key - Header key.
    • Value - Header value.
  • mPulse Variable - Variable for tracking the policy in the mPulse dashboard.
  • Device Type - Select what type of devices the policy should apply to.
    • All (default)
    • Desktop
    • Tablet
    • Mobile
  • Optimization Level - Select what level of optimization P3 applies to the URLs in the policy. Each selection selects different optimizations:
    • Light (default)
    • Moderate
    • Aggressive
  • Page Type - Select what type of pages are being optimized. This affects which optimization rules that P3 applies:
    • Home
    • Category
    • Product Detail Page
    • Other
  • Enable Policy - Turn the policy on or off. Enabling the policy applies the optimization rules to incoming requests. The remaining fields cannot be manually edited. Visit optimizations to learn more about these optimizations.
  1. Click Submit

View Policies​

  1. Log in to your PhotonIQ Performance Proxy dashboard.
  2. Click Policies.
  3. (Optional) To view details of a policy, click the stacked dots next to the policy that you want to view and then click Edit.

Edit a Policy​

  1. Log in to your PhotonIQ Performance Proxy dashboard.
  2. Click Policies.
  3. Click the stacked dots next to the policy that you want to edit and then click Edit.
  4. Make any desired changes and then click Update.

Delete a Policy​

Deleting a policy cannot be undone.

  1. Log in to your PhotonIQ Performance Proxy dashboard.
  2. Click Policies.
  3. Click the stacked dots next to the policy that you want to edit and then click Delete.
  4. To confirm your choice, click Remove.