# Rule identifiers and how they work

The ID and Tag for each rule are automatically created and updated. You can optionally specify a name for each rule.

Each rule has two non-editable identifiers:

- The ID cell shows the order of the rules. For example, the ID 14.1.2 shows that the rule is the second rule in the policy. It is in an insert point that is the first rule in the parent template. That insert point is the 14th rule in the top-level parent template. The number changes as you add, remove, and move rules.
- The Tag is the unique identifier of the rule in this policy. It contains a static part that does not change when rules are added, removed, or moved, and a changing part that indicates the version of the rule. For example, in Tag “@274.12”, “274” is the unchanging part and “12” indicates that the rule is in its 12th revision. The tag is used, for example, to provide links from logs to rules that created the log entries.

In addition to non-editable identifiers, you can specify an optional name for each rule.