App Control: Is it possible to retain rule rankings while importing rules in the console?

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to retain rule rankings while importing rules in the console?

Environment

• App Control Console: All Versions

Resolution

As per the user guide, the out-of-box export/import rules functionality via console may impact rule rankings. Refer section "Differences in Settings for Imported Rules" in the user guide

Rules contain a variety of field types, including processes and paths, actions to take, and notifiers to use if a block is involved. Most of the settings for an imported rule remain the same as they were on the server from which they were exported, but there are some variations depending on the following factors:
• Whether an imported rule is new or updates an existing rule on the target server
• Whether the rule specifies that it applies only to certain policies
• Whether the rule specifies that it applies to certain users or groups

The following setting differences depend upon whether a rule is new or already existed on the server:
Rank – New rules are ranked at the highest level when imported. Existing rules that are overwritten by an import maintain their previous relative rank on the target server (moving down in rank accordingly if new rules were also part of the import)