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Resource Access Management:Modify the document and description of a custom policy

Last Updated:May 08, 2025

This topic describes how to modify the document and description of a custom policy in Resource Access Management (RAM). You cannot modify the name of the custom policy.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the RAM console as a RAM user who has administrative rights.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Permissions > Policies.

  3. On the Policies page, find the policy that you want to manage and click its name.

  4. On the details page, modify the document and description of the policy.

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    • Modify the document of the policy.

      On the Policy Document tab, click Edit Policy Document. On the page that appears, click the Visual editor or JSON tab to modify the document of the policy.

      After you modify the document of the policy, the system automatically generates a new version for the policy, which is used as the default version. For more information about policy versions, see Manage custom policy versions.

    • Modify the description of the policy.

      In the Basic Information section, click Edit next to Description. In the Edit Description dialog box, modify the description of the policy.