> #### Common rule characteristics

> The following characteristics are common to all rules, regardless of their individual resource type:

> - Only the rules that are not already part of the monitoring plan appear in each resource types Available Rules list.
> - When you select any of the rules available on the specific available rules list, the particular criteria associated with each rule appear.
> - You can modify the default values associated with each individual rule.
> - To display the rules available for each OpenEdge resource type, click Rules on the monitoring page when it is displayed in edit mode. See the procedure in the "Maintaining monitoring plans" section for the details of this task.
> - If a rule is part of a monitoring plan and a member of a rule set, the individual rule definition supersedes the rule in the rule set.

> As with all Fathom resource monitoring rules, if the Alert-related options are enabled for an OpenEdge monitoring plan, any rule violation causes an alert to trigger. See the Alerts Guide and Reference for detailed information about Fathom alert types and rules, and specific definitions about the alert feature's relationship with each rule.

> The following sections identify each of these unique rules, and provide additional details about rules and rule processing for each resource type.

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