Business rule dependencies

So that creating, updating and deleting business rules will not affect other critical components of WebSphere Business Integration Server Express, business rules have no dependencies, with the exception of a dependency on collaboration templates and collaboration objects. This dependency only occurs if the collaboration template uses probes and if the collaboration object uses one of these two options: Modify collaboration property and invoke collaboration.

When deleting collaboration templates of collaboration objects from the server, take care to ensure that the deletion will not affect any critical business rules. When a rule is being deleted from the server, InterChange Server Express checks its dependency on templates and collaborations. The dependency on the template is from the business object probe; the dependency on the collaboration is from the modify collaboration property action and the collaboration invocation action. If dependencies exist, the template or collaboration cannot be deleted. No special care must be taken because the server does the check for users.

System Manager allows you to view the dependencies for a specific business rule through the InterChange Server Express Component Library view.

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