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# Server Policies

How to create a Server Policy: - 

A server policy is a piece of code that gets executed before or after when some data gets created / updated / deleted / queried in collection. 

In order to create a Server Policy, follow these steps: - 

1. On navigation, under Policies go to Server Policies. You will see a list of all the server policies if any. 
2. Click on ‘settings icon’ on top left corner and then click ‘new’. 
3. A form appears where you have to provide the following details: - 
4. Name - name of the server policy. 
5. Collection – name of the collection, server policy gets executed when data is saved in this      collection. 
6. Active – Check / Uncheck if ready / not ready to used. 
7. Execution Time: - 
8. PRE – Execute before the data gets created / updated / deleted / queried. 
9. POST– Execute after the data gets created / updated / deleted / queried. 
10. Action: - 
11. Create - Executed when data gets created. 
12. Update - Executed when data gets updated. 
13. Delete - Executed when data gets deleted. 
14. Query - Executed when data gets queried. 
15. Order – In what order to execute the server policy. 
16. Script – The code for doing operations(logic).