Feature Request: Preference Option to Restrict Zones/Objects to Only Existing When Building Policies

[bgolub]

The current PAN-OS GUI makes adding objects and zones on the fly very easy while building policies.

Unfortunately this sometimes casues unwanted side effects:

As an example, when building a security policy including the zone "Admin" I started typing "admin" in the zone add field as a search and pressed enter. Instead of choosing the already-built "Admin" zone, this caused a new zone "admin" to be created with no associated type, interfaces, etc., which obviously caused commit errors.

The on-the-fly addition is handy in some cases, but I would like to be able to toggle this function on and off. Once the majority of the objects and zones are built I would prefer the GUI to only pick existing objects from the drop-down unless I explicitly click the "+" add button.

[Brandon_Wertz · Accepted solution]

An FYI...while it's great you posted this FRs don't get tracked via the community or accepted from posting in the community.

That said there's a thread on submitted FRs.  If you search for "feature request" I'm sure you'll find it.  To officially have your FR accepted you need to talk to your SE.