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# Rules

Operations for managing compliance rules

## Add compliance rules to a compliance control

> Add compliance rules to the specific compliance control. \
> \
> \*\*Required license:\*\* Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management

```json
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```

## Delete rules from control

> Remove specific rules from the specified compliance control.\
> \
> \*\*Required license:\*\* Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management

```json
{"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"Compliance Controls API","version":"Cortex XSIAM 3.5"},"tags":[{"name":"Rules","description":"Operations for managing compliance rules"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://{tenant}.xdr.{region}.paloaltonetworks.com","description":"Cortex tenant","variables":{"tenant":{"default":"api","description":"Tenant-specific subdomain"},"region":{"default":"us","description":"Deployment region","enum":["us","eu","uk","sg","jp","ca","au","in","gov"]}}}],"security":[{"XDRAuth":[],"XDRAuthToken":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"XDRAuth":{"type":"apiKey","in":"header","name":"x-xdr-auth-id","description":"API Key ID for authentication"}},"responses":{"BadRequest":{"description":"Bad request - invalid input parameters","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"InternalServerError":{"description":"Internal server error","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}},"schemas":{"Error":{"type":"object","properties":{"reply":{"type":"object","properties":{"err_code":{"type":"integer","description":"Error code"},"err_msg":{"type":"string","description":"Error message"},"err_extra":{"type":"object","description":"Additional error details"}}}}}}},"paths":{"/public_api/v1/compliance/delete_rules_from_control":{"post":{"summary":"Delete rules from control","description":"Remove specific rules from the specified compliance control.\n\n**Required license:** Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management","operationId":"deleteRulesFromControl","tags":["Rules"],"requestBody":{"required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","required":["request_data"],"properties":{"request_data":{"type":"object","required":["control_id","rules_ids"],"properties":{"control_id":{"type":"string","description":"Compliance control ID"},"rules_ids":{"type":"array","description":"List of rule IDs to delete","items":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Rules deleted successfully","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"success":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether the rules were successfully deleted from the compliance control"}}}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalServerError"}}}}}}
```


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