When you perform a private edit, you edit a rule in an isolated sandbox, in which you can make and then test your changes. As a result, you maintain a good quality application and avoid creating errors, because during a private edit the original ruleset that contains your rule remains unchanged.

1. In the navigation pane of Dev Studio, click Records, expand the category that contains the rule that you want to edit, and then click the rule.
2. In the rule form, click Private edit.
3. In the dialog box that appears, click Continue with private edit.
   The system saves a copy of the rule in your personal ruleset. Rules in your personal ruleset do not affect other users’ run-time experiences, or the actions that they can perform on this rule.
4. Edit the rule.
5. Click Save.
   Your application saves your changes into the checked-out version of the rule. These changes are visible only to you. When you run rules in your application, they resolve to only your checked-out version.

• Configuring Project Management Framework (PMF)
• Checking out a rule to a branch

• Private checkout