--- title: "US phone numbers" date: "2019-02-06T09:35:45+00:00" summary: "Find and format US phone numbers correctly with our guide for Acquia Web Governance scans. Improve consistency across your website." image: type: "page" url: "/web-governance/us-phone-numbers" id: "fe232bfe-7722-44d0-84a7-b5b1696c7e88" --- Introduction ------------ This article provides information on how to add a pre-made US Phone Number policy to the Web Governance scan. Instructions ------------ How to add a US phone number policy. 1. From the Web Governance _Domain Overview_, click **Select Domain**. The _Domain Overview_ page opens. ![The location of the Select Domain button on the landing page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/3f9af850-740d-47b4-a5b5-3de73f77ad39/web/Mon_LandingPage-SelectDomain.png) 2. Click **Open** on the same row as the domain name.  ![The location of the Open button on the same row as a domain on the Domain Overview page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/f6593aa0-6ed8-4fbb-a0ba-2eff48d52d63/web/Mon_Domain-DomainOverview-OpenButton.png) The _Dashboard_ for the domain opens. ![The Domain Dashboard with sections for several active modules.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/1f5bcdac-5405-4063-afdc-fabbd0811e16/web/WebGov_DomainDashboard-LandingPage.png) 3. Click the Global Policies Overview button (mallet icon) on the top menu bar. ![The Global Policy Overview button on the top page menu bar.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/773c313e-353d-4f74-8968-823b4fd53480/web/WebGov_MainMenu-GlobalPolicyOverview.png) Alternatively, click on the header of the _Content Policies_ section. The _Global Policies_ page opens. ![The Global Policy Overview button on the top page menu bar.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/773c313e-353d-4f74-8968-823b4fd53480/web/WebGov_MainMenu-GlobalPolicyOverview.png) 4. Click **Add new policy**. ![The location of the Add New Policy button on the top right of the page in line with the page header.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/878672ed-926a-4686-848b-462ccc2ec8c9/web/WebGov_Policies-AddNewPolicyButton.png) The _New_ _Policy_ page opens. ![Mon_Policies-NewPolicy-List.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/44e17ffb-5ea7-4b7b-8a28-08aa47e0660a/web/Mon_Policies-NewPolicy-List.png) 5. Click **Create your own Policy**. See below for examples. For more information, see the user guide article: [Create a custom policy](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/admin/setup/configure?cid=811e7). 6. Assign rule operators. See the _Rule operators_ section in this document for a list of available rule operators. 7. Assign rules. See the _Rules_ section of this document for a list of available rules. 8. Click **Save** to save the changes. A dialog box opens. * In the dialog box, enter the policy **Name** (required) and **Note** if needed and then click **Save**. * From the options at the top of the page, select **+Add rule to the policy**. Repeat the steps above to add as many rules as needed. * Click **Save**. The _Policy List_ is open and the new policy is present. A Policy scan begins automatically. Rule operators -------------- This section provides a list of available rule operators. * **Starts with**: Policy will search for any snippet starting with the inserted text. * **Contains**: Policy searches for any instances of the inserted text (single word). * **Contains words**: Policy searches for multiple words. Use commas to separate the words. * **Contains sentence**: Policy searches for any instances of the inserted sentence or text. * **Ends with**: Policy will search for any snippet ending with the inserted text. * **Equal**: Policy searches for an exact match for the inserted text or value. Example: “Monsido” - match. “About Monsido” - no match. * **Regex**: Use regular expressions to define what should be searched for. Note Regular Expressions in source-code exclusions are not 100% compatible with Web Governance Policies. The languages are different (Java and Ruby). * **Conforms with**: Use regular expressions to define the correct structure or form of the inserted value. * **Less than**: Find any results less than the inserted value. * **Less than or equal**: Find any results less than or equal to the inserted value. * **Greater than**: Find any results greater than the inserted value. * **Greater than or equal**: Find any results greater than or equal to the inserted value. * **(Meta header) Date age greater than**: Find meta tags older than the inserted value. Choose the time interval that matches the way your meta tag dates are written. * **(Meta header) Date age less than**: Find meta tags younger than the inserted value. Choose the time interval that matches the way your meta tag dates are written. * **CSS selector**: Policy will search for the inserted CSS selector. Rules ----- This section provides a list of available rules. * **Page HTML**: Search for text in the entire domains html. * **Page URL**: Set a rule for internal page URLs. * **Text**: Search for text excluding CSS and HTML tags. * **Page title**: Search for text in the page title (title is not the header). * **Page title length**: Define when the rule should apply for the title. * **Heading text**: Search for text in headers (h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6). * **Heading text length**: Define when the rule should apply header texts. * **Meta header**: Search for meta header tags, that matches query. * **Meta header length**: Define when the rule should apply for meta headers. * **Link text length**: Define when the rule should apply for link texts. * **External link count**: Define when the rule should apply for external links. * **File size**: Search files across selected domains. * **Image size**: Search for images across selected domains. * **Image text**: Search for images with this name. * **Image text length**: Define when the rule should apply for image texts. * **Readability level**: Search for text that is in compliance with a school degree. Custom examples --------------- The Policies module can be used to find US phone numbers that are formatted in different ways. A phone number policy can be set up to instruct the scan to locate US telephone numbers that are NOT formatted in the following way: **(123) 567-7890**. Below are some examples of numbers that violate the policy: * 123-456-7890 * 123 456-7890 * 123 456 7890 * 123-4567890 For more information, see the user guide article: [Create a custom policy](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/admin/setup/configure?cid=811e7). Note Regular Expressions in source-code exclusions are not 100% compatible with Web Governance Policies. The languages are different (Java and Ruby). Additional resources -------------------- If the policy you need is difficult to create, contact [Support](mailto:support@monsido.com) for assistance.