def _escalation_rules_to_string(escalation_rules):
 result = ''
 for rule in escalation_rules:
  result += 'escalation_delay_in_minutes: {0} '.format(rule['escalation_delay_in_minutes'])
  for target in rule['targets']:
   result += '{0}:{1} '.format(target['type'], target['id'])
 return result

def _escalation_rules_to_string ( escalation_rules ) : result = '' for rule in escalation_rules : result += 'escalation_delay_in_minutes: {0} ' . format ( rule [ 'escalation_delay_in_minutes' ] ) for target in rule [ 'targets' ] : result += '{0}:{1} ' . format ( target [ 'type' ] , target [ 'id' ] ) return result
convert escalation_rules dict to a string for comparison .