Rule Specification Guide

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Configuring the Rule Specification

After you analyze the business requirements and the business data, you can configure the rule specification.

Select Rule Specification from the

New

menu.

Enter a name for the rule specification.

Optionally, enter a description.

Tip:
Enter the business rule as the description.

Select a location for the rule specification.

The Location field specifies a project in the Model repository.

Click

Continue

The rule specification opens in the Design workspace.

Verify the general properties.

Select the top-level shape in the rule, and select

Rule Properties

Verify that the properties are correct for the data inputs that you create.

Optionally, set a valid time period for the mappings that you generate from the rule specification.

Configure a rule statement in the primary rule set.

The primary rule set defines the data output from the rule specification.

Optionally, update the primary rule set name.

Select the primary rule set, and select

General

Update the rule set name.

Add any rule set that the rule specification requires.

You add a rule set below another rule set.

Add one or more inputs to each rule set.

Use the

Manage Global Inputs

dialog box to create the inputs.

Add any rule statement that the rule specification requires.

You can add a rule statement to the primary rule set or to another rule set.

Save the rule specification.

After you configure the rule specification, test the rule specification with sample data.