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Business Rule Groups page and the business process rules manager page layout
When the business process rules manager opens, the Business Rule Groups page opens, so you can browse all of the business rule groups and their defined operations.
The Business Rule Groups page is the first level of navigation. Its page layout includes many elements generic to the other business rules manager pages.
Toolbar
The toolbar contains the following components:
- Welcome
- Shows the name of the user that is currently logged on.
- User identification
- Provides the name of the current user preceded with Welcome User Name.
- Logout
- Opens the Login page if administrative security is enabled.
If you log out without publishing, you receive a confirmation window.
- Search
- Opens the Search for Business Rule Groups page, which allows you to quickly locate or narrow a specified set of business rule groups that you want to work with.
- Help
- Provides access to business rules topics in the IBM Process Server Information Center.
Navigation pane
The navigation pane is the left pane. It provides access to the Publish and Revert page and the available business rule groups. The navigation tree enables you to drill down to the rule level you need.
The navigation pane is not displayed on any page that is in the edit mode.
If you retrieve business rule artifacts with a version number greater than the version number of the current model, the business rule artifacts, known as shells, will become flat text items in the navigation pane. As a result, you will not be able to expose the shells further. You should update your current IBM Process Server to the latest one, which has a version equal to or higher than the version of the shells.
- Publish and Revert
- Opens the Publish and Revert page where you can publish changes of business rule groups and rule schedules to the database or revert business rule groups or rule schedules to the original copy that was on the database.
- Business Rule Groups
- Opens the Business Rule Groups page, which is the top level of browsing. The business rule groups are listed in a navigation tree. You can expand or collapse a business rule group by clicking either the plus (+) or minus (-) next to its display name to show all of its associated rules. When you select a business rule group in the left pane navigation tree, all the child Rule Schedule 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 content area is the right pane and is the main viewing and editing area. The content area contains a title section, general information section, and page-specific section.
The information displayed in the content area depends on whether you are viewing a Business Rule Group page, Rule Schedule page, Rule Set page, Decision Table page, Publish and Revert page, or Search for Business Rule Groups page.
Title section
The title section includes the following information:
- Path information
- Provides the path to the page, such as the name of the business rule group and the Rule Schedule page in the following format:
BusinessRuleGroup01 > Table1_operation1
Example: CalculateDiscountBRG > CalculateDiscount- Rule title
- Provides the resource display name and type of business rule in the following format:
Ruleset112 - Ruleset
Examples: calculateDiscount-Rule Schedule, CalculateDiscountRS - Rule Set- Function buttons
- Enable various actions depending on the purpose of the particular page. Not all function buttons are available for a page, and some buttons appear in other sections of the content area. The following table lists the possible function buttons for a page.
Function buttons Button Name Function Add Property Adds properties to a business rule group in the Business Rule Group page or to create a search query in the Search for Business Rule Groups page. Back Returns to the previous page. Cancel Discards any 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 decision table or rule set and then modify its values in order to make a new decision table or rule set. Edit Enables editing of the business rule group, rule schedule, rule set, or decision table. Publish Publishes the business rule group or rule schedule to the repository. Revert Cancels all changes to the rule that have been saved locally and reverts the rule to the original copy that resides in the server memory. Rules cannot be reverted after publishing. Save Validates and saves the changes to the local copy and goes back to the previous page. If that the running state of the server has not been changed. See "Publish" for how to change the server's state. Search Initiates the search query on the Search for Business Rule Groups page and returns the business rule groups that match the query as search results on the same Search for Business Rule Groups page. Sort Sorts the properties on the business rule groups by the property names in alphabetic ascending order. - Messages 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
The General Information section contains the following information.
The Business Rule Group page includes the General Information section for IBM Process Server 6.1 and later. The Search for Business Rule Groups page and the Publish and Revert page do not have this section.
- Display Name
- Gives the display name of the business rule group, rule set, or decision table for Process Server 6.1 and later. The display name is read-only in the browse mode, but you can modify it in the edit mode on Business Rule Group, Rule Set, and Decision Table pages. Display names can be any string value and can include special characters. Display names of business rule artifacts of the same type do not need to be unique.
If the display name is set, it is used instead of the name value everywhere name values are used, including the navigation pane and when artifacts are displayed in detail.
If the display name of a business rule artifact is not set, its name value is used instead. Selecting the Synchronize with the name check box synchronizes the display name with the corresponding name value of the target business rule group, rule set, or decision table. The new name takes effect on all pages of the business rules manager when you save the changes made in the edit page.
- Name
- The name of the business rule group, rule set, or decision table. It is read-only in both the browse and edit modes.
- Target Namespace
- The target namespace attribute of the business rule group, rule set, or decision table. It is read-only in both the browse and edit modes.
- Last Published
- Shows the last published date of the business rule group, rule schedule, rule set, or decision table.
- Status
- Shows whether the rule schedule, rule set, or decision table is in the edit mode or has been published.
- Description
- Provides a brief description of the business rule group, rule schedule, rule set, or decision table. You can edit the description in the edit mode of these pages.
Do not use CDATA tags when editing the description fields for business rule group components and business rules in the business process rules manager as they make business rule 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 Business Rule Group page, Rule Schedule page, Rule Set page, or Decision Table page. For specific information for each of these pages, see the individual topics.
For the Business Rule Groups page, the section includes the following information:
- Business Rules Resources
- Lists the display names of the rule schedules, rule sets, and decision tables.
- Description
- Provides either a brief description or the name of the resource.
- Action
- Shows the available actions for the corresponding business rule resource. It is initially empty; but when you expand the business rule group, an Edit button appears beside each rule.
- Publish and Revert page
The Publish and Revert page is for publishing locally saved changes for business rule groups and rule schedules to the repository. It is also for reverting business rule groups and rule schedules back to the original copy that was in the server memory before the business rule resource was saved locally.- Business Rule Group page
The Business Rule Group page lists all the business rules resources associated with the business rule group.- Rule Schedule page
The Rule Schedule page provides an interface for modifying the values of a business rule group in the scheduled rule logic entries. The information is displayed in table format.- Search for Business Rule Groups page
The Search for Business Rule Groups page is for creating a search query to locate or narrow a specified set of business rules groups that you want to work with. You open the Search for Business Rule Groups page by clicking Search in the toolbar at the top of the business process rules manager.