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Create a rule group

Create a rule group as a container for your business rules.

Create a new rule group by performing the following steps.

Procedure

1. In the workbench, switch to the business integration perspective.

2. From the main menu, click File > New > Rule Group.

3. In the New Rule Group window, specify a module (or create one if necessary by clicking New), a folder and a name for the new rule group, and click Next.

4. In the select an interface window, browse to an existing interface or click New to create one. If you create a new interface here, you will have to create an operation using the interface editor before you can use it in the rule group.

Results

This creates a rule group, and launches it in a new editor. Click any of the topics listed below to configure your new rule group.

• Rule group editor
  A rule group controls the timing and implementation of business rules.
• Specifying the rule logic for a rule group
  The rule logic is either a rule set or a decision table that is invoked at the designated time by the rule group.
• Scheduling rules using the rule group editor
  The rule group editor can be used to schedule the running of a specific rule for a specific date and time.
• Customize algorithms for date and time selection
  When you want to specialize the date and time selection criteria, you can create your own custom algorithm.
• Create custom selectors
  Selectors can be used to determine dynamically, at run time, between two or more possible invocations. The decision is driven by selection criteria that you can customize to your needs.
• Use rule set names in a rule group
  Each operation in a rule group contains a rule logic table, which maps a set of date ranges to a rule set or decision table. To avoid confusion, it is always a good practice to use rule set and decision table names which are unique within the operation. If the same name is used twice, it is more difficult to see that there are actually two different rule logics.

Create business rules