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Web Profile Overrides

Web Profile Overrides

Administrators can grant temporary access to sites that are otherwise blocked by a web filter profile. You can grant temporary access to a user, user group, or source IP address. You can set the time limit by selecting a date and time. The default is 15 minutes.

When the administrative web profile override is enabled, a blocked access page or replacement message does not appear, and authentication is not required.

To override the web filter profile, go to Security Profiles > Web Profile Overrides.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New Create a web profile override. See Create or edit a web profile override.
Edit Modify the selected web profile override. See Create or edit a web profile override.
Delete Remove the selected web profile override.
Search Enter a search term to find in the web profile override list.
Initiator The user who created the web profile override.
Scope The scope is a user, a user group, or a source IP address.
Original Profile The web filter profile that is being overridden.
New Profile The web filter profile that is overriding the original web filter profile.
Status Whether the override is enabled or disabled.
Expires The day and time when the override ends.

Web Profile Overrides

Administrators can grant temporary access to sites that are otherwise blocked by a web filter profile. You can grant temporary access to a user, user group, or source IP address. You can set the time limit by selecting a date and time. The default is 15 minutes.

When the administrative web profile override is enabled, a blocked access page or replacement message does not appear, and authentication is not required.

To override the web filter profile, go to Security Profiles > Web Profile Overrides.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New Create a web profile override. See Create or edit a web profile override.
Edit Modify the selected web profile override. See Create or edit a web profile override.
Delete Remove the selected web profile override.
Search Enter a search term to find in the web profile override list.
Initiator The user who created the web profile override.
Scope The scope is a user, a user group, or a source IP address.
Original Profile The web filter profile that is being overridden.
New Profile The web filter profile that is overriding the original web filter profile.
Status Whether the override is enabled or disabled.
Expires The day and time when the override ends.