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title: Repeating policies and attributes
description: Use repeating policies and attributes to evaluate a policy multiple times—once for each item in a collection.
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  repeating-policies: Repeating policies
  repeating-attributes: Repeating attributes
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# Repeating policies and attributes

Use repeating policies and attributes to evaluate a policy multiple times—once for each item in a collection.

For example, assume the `Accounts` attribute contains a list of accounts associated with a customer. You want to filter access to the accounts based on the account type. With repeating policies, a decision is made for each item in the `Accounts` attribute, returning statements for each account that is permitted.

## Repeating policies

To make a policy repeat, from the hamburger menu, select Add repetition settings.

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|   | You can only add repetition settings to an existing policy. The hamburger menu to add these settings does not appear when you are creating a new policy. |

![Screen capture of a policy screen that shows the hamburger menu options, including the Add repetition settings menu item](_images/paz-policy-add-repetition-settings.png)

The policy repetition settings are as follows:

* Apply this policy to each item of

  This specifies the collection attribute to repeat over, referred to as the repetition source.

* Filtering by

  This represents the decision and any attached statement to filter by.

The following example uses the `Accounts` attribute and `Permit` decision. In this case, the policy applies to every item in the `Accounts` collection attribute. The policy keeps each result that returns Permit.

![Screen capture of the Repetition Settings, including drop-down lists for Apply this policy to each item of and Filtering by](_images/paz-policy-repetition-settings-config.png)

When you define rules and statements for a repeating policy, you can use:

* Attributes with no repetition source

* Attributes with the same repetition source as the policy

## Repeating attributes

To make an attribute repeat, from the hamburger menu, select Add repetition settings.

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| - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | You can only add repetition settings to an existing attribute. The hamburger menu to add these settings does not appear when you are creating a new attribute. |

![Screen capture of an attribute screen that shows the hamburger menu with the Add repetition settings menu item](_images/srt1605810103226.png)

The attribute repetition settings are as follows:

* Repeat for each item of

  This specifies the attribute to repeat over, referred to as the repetition source.

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  |   | If you set this field, you can only use the attribute in repeating policies. However, the attribute can then resolve against attributes repeating against the same collection. The attribute can still resolve against attributes that do not have this field set. |

* Resolvers, Value Processors, Caching

  For a resolver, if Resolver type is Current Repetition Value, resolution is against individual items in the collection itself.

  For information about these items, see [Resolvers](paz_resolvers.html), [Processors](paz_value_processing.html), and [Attribute caching](paz_attr_caching.html).

  You can use repeating attributes in named conditions and value processors. If an attribute uses a named condition or value processor, any repeating attributes referenced in the condition or value processor must have the same repetition source as the attribute itself. If a policy uses a named condition, any repeating attributes referenced in the condition must have the same repetition source as the policy itself.