Business Rules

With Business Rules you can view and change business rules within WebSphere® Process Server to influence the performance of your business.

The Business Rules widget displays business rules within a hierarchy. At the top is the business rule group. Each business rule group contains business rule sets, which in turn contain if-then rules that determine the business logic. Some if-then rules have parameters that you can change to influence the performance of your business. If you move the cursor over a parameter, it changes shape and the parameter displays as a field that you can edit or change.

Using Business Rules

Important: Changing parameter values in an active business rule immediately changes the business processes that implement the business rule. For example, if you have an active business rule that gives preferred customers a 10% discount and you change the business rule to a 20% discount, the increased discount goes into effect immediately. Make sure that you understand the consequences of the change that you are making.
Within Business Rules, you can do the following actions:
  • Set the values of parameters in if-then rules and then click Save.
  • Return the values of the parameters to their original values by clicking Reset.
  • Change the name and description of the business rule set.

Configuring Business Rules

If you own the page that the widget is on or have permission to edit the page, you can configure the widget.

You can configure Business Rules in the following ways:
  • Change what information the widget displays and how it displays completing the following steps:
    1. From the widget menu, click Configure.
    2. Select the check boxes for the information that you want to see. However, if you select Show selected business groups, you cannot set how many business groups each page in the widget displays.
    3. Click OK.
  • Change the title of the Business Rules widget by clicking its title and entering the new name.