You are the administrator for Alpha Corp. You have logged into your R80 Management server. You are making some changes in the Rule Base and notice that rule No.6 has a pencil icon next to it. What…

Rules marked for deletion display a different visual indicator such as a strikethrough or deletion marker, not a pencil icon.

Deletion actions in another administrator's session are shown with a different conflict or lock indicator, not the pencil icon.

Check Point R80 SmartConsole uses a session-based locking model where any object or rule you are actively editing displays a pencil icon to indicate your session holds the lock. This prevents other concurrent administrators from making conflicting changes to the same rule. The pencil icon is tied specifically to your own session context, distinguishing it from lock indicators used for other sessions.

When another administrator's session holds an edit lock on a rule, a distinct lock or conflict icon is displayed - the pencil icon is reserved for your own session's edits.