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title: Compound Security Attributes
description: Compound security attributes enable you to create consistent and reusable security attribute profiles to suit your business needs.Create a compound Security Attribute for easy reuse.
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product: Access Control
classification: access-control
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Create Security Attributes, Security Attributes, Access Management]
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# Compound Security Attributes

Compound security attributes enable you to create consistent and reusable security attribute profiles to suit your business needs.

## Overview

Compound security attributes are defined from one or more existing security attributes to create a single reference combination of security attributes for permissions evaluation.

## Create compound Security Attributes

Create a compound Security Attribute for easy reuse.

### Before you begin

Role required: security\_admin

### Procedure

1.  Navigate to **System Security** > **Security Attributes**.

2.  In the Security Attributes list, select **New**.

3.  Select `Compound` in the **Type** field.

4.  On the Security Attributes fields form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Label|Label of Security Attribute.|
    |Name|Name of Security Attribute.|
    |Description|User generated description of Security Attribute|
    |Condition|The specific Security Attribute conditions used to the define the Security Attributes evaluation.|
    |New Criteria|Add additional set of **Or** conditions for evaluation.|