Rule page

The Rule page lists a set of rules and business rule records (decision tables and rule sets) in table form that belong to each rule.

The content in the right pane contains the following elements.

Title Section

Rule Title
Shows the rule name with the following format, Rule Name-Rule Page. Here is an example of a rule title:

calculateDiscount-Rule Page

Function buttons
Provide specific functionality for that page. Here is a list of the buttons.
  • Back - returns to the previous page
  • Edit - opens the edit mode for the selected rule
Messages
Provides a message that signifies a particular error such as incorrect date or time or relating to the status of the rule such as the message shown here.

"calculateDiscount" has been temporarily saved.

You may publish the changes from the "Publish and Revert" page.

General Information section

This section contains the following fields:

Last Published
Shows the date that the rule was last published, the status.
Status
Lists the status of the rule, whether it has been published or not.
Description
Provides a brief description of the rule.

Business Rule Selection Records section

Provides a list of effective business rules that are the building blocks of that rule and have the following information:

Start date
Provides the options of either a specific date or "no start date."
Note: The "no start date" signifies that the target rule logic is effective for any date before the end date.
End date
Provides the option of either a specific date or "no end date."
Note: The "no end date" signifies that the rule logic is effective for the start date and any date after it
Effective Business Rule
Provides a decision table or rule set for that rule logic record.
Default Business Rule
Provides the default values for the business rule if no other rule logic is applicable. It is selected when the date does not match any of the other selection records.
Note: The date used for the rule logic selection is either supplied by the application program or the current date of the server. In the latter case, the date is converted to UTC before its use and time zone of the server does not matter.
Related concepts
Rule books page
Rule book page

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Last updated: Thu Apr 27 14:23:46 2006

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