You can perform a private checkout of a rule that is typically not available for a standard checkout. For example, you can check out a rule in a locked ruleset to modify it and test the changes.
The Private edit button appears when all the following criteria are met:
You have the pxAllowPrivateCheckout privilege, which is typically granted through a role on your access group. The standard access role PegaRULES:SysAdm4 provides this privilege.
The rule is not available for regular checkout, usually because it is already checked out to another user or because its ruleset version is locked.
The rule belongs to a ruleset that has the checkouts enabled.
Your Operator ID is allowed to check out rules. For more information, see Security tab on the Operator ID form.