Rule Specification Guide

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Creating an Input

When you create an input, you can add the input to any rule set in the rule specification.

Open the rule specification.

Select the

Manage Global Inputs

option from the toolbar.

The

Input Management

dialog box opens. The dialog box lists the current inputs in the rule specification.

Click

Add Input

Set the following properties on the input:

The input name. You can enter alphanumeric characters and underscore characters. Do not add spaces to the name.

The data type of the column in the business data set that the input represents. You can select a date/time, float, integer, or string data type.

The maximum character length of the data values in the input data column.

A text description of the input. You can enter a description of the data column. The description is optional.

To save the input and close the dialog box, click

The

Input Management

dialog box includes a Usage column. The Usage column indicates the number of times that each input appears in a rule statement in the rule specification.

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Rule Specification Guide

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Creating an Input

Creating an Input