Exclusion rules are used in the Filters tab of the Publishing Profile to exclude topics from the published output. You can build expressions based on the release state applied to a topic, the folder containing the topic, or a variable value. You can also choose specific topics to be excluded.
Release states - used to exclude topics based on the assigned release states.
Select an operator ("equals" or "not") for the release state, then select the release state you want to apply to the rule.
Folder - used to exclude topics located in specified folders.
Select an operator (equals or not) for the folder, then browse to the folder you want to apply to the rule. When you select a parent folder you have the option to include all child folders in the rule.
Variable - used to exclude topics where the variable and specified value have been assigned to the topic at object level, not when the variable is used within the topic text.
The following operators are used to build an expression regarding the exclusion of a topic.
= | equals |
<> | not |
> | greater than |
>= | equal to or greater than |
< | less than |
<= | equal to or less than |
Topic - used to exclude specific topics from the published output.