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title: Create an exclusion policy
description: Application developers can create an exclusion policy to prevent pushes or pulls to particular instances in the team development hierarchy.
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# Create an exclusion policy

Application developers can create an exclusion policy to prevent pushes or pulls to particular instances in the team development hierarchy.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Team Development** > **Exclusion Policy**.

2.  Click **New**.

3.  Complete the Exclusion Policy form \(see table\).

4.  Click **Submit**.

<table id="table_s5f_fmb_bq"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Enter a unique description of the policy.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Policy

</td><td>

Select when the policy applies. Options include:-   Push only
-   Push and Pull
-   Pull only


</td></tr><tr><td>

Remote Instance

</td><td>

\[Optional\] Select a specific remote instance to ignore changes from during pull operations. Leaving this field blank ignores changes from all remote instances.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Table

</td><td>

Select which table to ignore changes for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Conditions

</td><td>

Select any additional criteria a change must meet to be ignored other than the table name. This field is only visible when the Policy is Push only.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>