Rule Books page and the business rules manager page layout

When the business rules manager opens, the Rule Books page displays. It allows you to browse the business rule groups and their defined operations.

The Rule Books page is the first level of navigation. Its page layout includes many elements generic to other business rules manager pages.

Toolbar

The toolbar has the following content:
Welcome
Shows the user's name.
User identification
Provides the current user's name preceded with Welcome User Name.
Logout
Opens the Login page if global security is enabled.
Important: If you log out without publishing, a pop-up dialog appears to ask for confirmation.
Help
Provides access to business rules topics in the WebSphere Process Server Information Center.

Navigation pane

The navigation pane is the left pane of the page. It provides access to the Publish and Revert page and the available rule books. The navigation tree enables you to drill-down to the rule level you need.
Note: The navigation pane is not displayed on any page that is in the edit mode.
Publish and Revert
Opens the Publish and Revert page where you can publish rule changes to the database or revert a rule to the original copy that was on the database.
Rule Books
Opens the Rule Book page, which is the top level of browsing. The rule books are listed in a navigation tree. You can expand or collapse a rule book by clicking either the plus (+) or minus (-) next to the rule book name to show all rules. When you select a rule book in the left pane navigation tree, all the child Rule pages (business rule operations) are listed in the right pane, including all the associated rule sets and decision tables. Clicking any of these opens a corresponding page for editing.

Content area

The right pane of the page is the content area and is the main viewing and editing area. It includes a title section, general information section, and page-specific section.
Note: The information displayed in the content area depends on whether you are viewing a Rule Book page, Rule page, Rule Set page, or Decision Table page.

Title section

The title section includes the following information:
Path information
Provides the path to the page, such as the name of the rule book and the Rule page in the following format.

BusinessRuleGroup01 > Table1_operation1

Example: CalculateDiscountBRG > CalculateDiscount

Rule title
Includes the resource name and type of business rule in the following format:

Ruleset112 - Ruleset

Examples: calculateDiscount-Rule Page, CalculateDiscountRS - Ruleset

Function buttons
The function buttons that display on a page depend on the function of the particular page. The following table lists the possible function buttons for a page.
Table 1. Button list
Button Name Function
Back Returns to the previous page.
Edit Enables editing of the Rule page, decision table, or rule set.
Save Saves the changes to the local copy and goes back to the previous page. Note that the running server's state has not been changed. See "Publish" for how to change the server's state.
Cancel Discards and changes to the resource and returns to the previous page.
Copy Copies either a decision table, or rule set in order to create a new decision table, or rule set. You must copy an existing rule and then modify the values in order to make a new rule.
Publish Publishes the Rule page to the server.
Revert Cancels all changes to the rule that have been saved locally and reverts the rule to the original copy that resides in the database. Rules cannot be reverted after publishing.
Message field
Shows the status of an action that has been taken to the rule or that an error has occurred. The following are examples of status messages.

"calculateDiscount" has been temporarily saved.

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

General Information section

This general information section contains the following information.
Note: The Rule Books page does not include this section.
Last Published
Shows the last published date of the Rule page, rule set, or decision table.
Status
Shows whether the Rule page, rule set, or decision table is in edit mode or has been published.
Description
Provides a brief description of the Rule page, rule set, or decision table.
Restriction: Do not use CDATA tags when editing the description fields for business rule group components and business rules in business rules manager as they make business rules groups and business rules uneditable. If CDATA tags exist, open the business rule group or business rule with an XML editor and manually remove the CDATA tags from the description fields.

Page-specific information section

The content of the page-specific information section depends on whether you are viewing a Rule Book page, Rule page, Rule Set page, or Decision Table page. For specific information for each of these pages, see the individual topics.

For the Rule Books page, the section includes the following information:
Business Rule Resources
Lists the names of the rule pages, rule sets, and decision tables.
Description
Provides either a brief description or name of the Rule page, rule set, and decision table.
Action
Shows the available actions for the corresponding business rule listing. It is initially empty; but when the group is expanded, an Edit button appears beside each rule.

Last updated: Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:08:08

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