Rule elements

Learn about the options in the rule editor for the different types of rules.

• Arithmetic expressions

  Arithmetic expressions allow you to perform mathematical operations on resource attributes as part of your rule. When you choose this option, you can select multiple resource attributes, values, and operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) to use between them.

• Count of (quantifiable conditions)

  Create an evaluation based on a count or tally of attributes that meet your criteria.

• Current Action Count or Action Name

  Current action count, like current category count, is a way to base a profiler or rule on the number of times a Web site visitor has performed certain actions. These actions must be logged using the action logging beans in order to be accessible by the rule. Current action name inspects the names of the actions logged.

• Current Browser Capability

  Browser Capability is an application object that allows you to profile a Web site visitor based on the attributes or capabilities of the browser being used. When applicable, it appears in the rule editor as an option when you select Resource.Attribute.

• Current Date

  The current Date resource contains several attributes you can use for comparison (date, day, month, time, timestamp, weekday, and year). To set values, you may enter a specific value or reference the value of a specific attribute of the same type.

• Current Request Attributes

  Use current Request Attributes to inspect request attributes which can be set on the current JSP. You must know the name of the request attribute to use it in a rule. This request is the request passed into the content spot executing the rule.

  For example, you would use the portlet request to set the current Request attribute for portlets. The portlet request is not shared among portlets. For jsps directly within a Web application, the current Request Attribute is the HTTP request of the Web application.

• Current Request Parameters

  Use current Request Parameters to inspect data contained within the query string (the variables and values that appear after a question mark on a URL).

• Current Session Attributes

  Use current Session Attributes to inspect parameters stored within the current session object for the Web site visitor.

  You must know the name of the parameter to use it in a rule. All data types are supported. The current session object is the session associated with the request passed into the content spot executing the rule.

  For example, the current session object is the portlet session, which is unique to the portlet. For jsps within a WAR, the current session object is the the http session.

• do Action

  Within a binding, you can couple actions with profilers so certain tasks are performed when certain conditions are met. You can also indicate actions to be done under other conditions. Use the Do action, Otherwise do action, Always do action, and Exclude do action elements.

• is

  Select is to evaluate the relationship between two sides of a conditional statement.

• order as is

  Order as is is used to specify the order you want selected content to be returned and used. The default, order as is, will return data in the order it is stored in the repository. By clicking the order as is link, you can also choose order randomly or order by.

• Profile

  Profile is an arbitrary name (of your choice) that provides information about the Web site visitor, the date and time the visit occurs, or other circumstances or conditions.

• Profiler

  Profiler is a choice within the binding rule structure, and within the Specify a Resource Attribute window when constructing a profiler. Within a binding, you identify specific actions to perform that are based on the one profile within a profiler that evaluates as true.

• Quick Profiler

  Quick profilers are created within bindings to perform simple evaluations. By using a quick profiler, you can avoid creating simple profilers as separate rules.

• sender

  sender must be a valid e-mail address, list of e-mail addresses (comma separated), or a resource attribute containing valid e-mail addresses to whom the e-mail will be sent.

• set to

  Learn about the set to action and alternatives to set to.

• value

  Value is the placeholder for the right side of an evaluation. This value can be one you enter, the value of another resource attribute, or an arithmetic expression.

Parent topic:

Rules

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