Rule Specifications Overview
A rule specification can be simple or complex. You can configure a rule specification to validate a single fact or multiple facts about an organization. When you configure a rule specification, you add one or more icons to the Rule Builder workspace. Each icon represents a rule set, and each rule set contains one or more logical statements about the data.
You can also enter descriptive metadata about the business rule. Use the descriptive metadata as a guideline when you configure the rule specification.
A rule specification contains the following elements:
- Name
- The name of the rule specification. Use letters, numbers, and underscore characters when you enter the rule specification name.
- Description
- The text description of the rule specification. Enter the business rule as the description.
- Rule Builder displays the text description in the top-level workspace icon. Use the description as a guideline when you configure the rule sets and rule statements.
- Location
- The location of the rule specification in the Model repository. If the Model repository does not contain a project to store the rule specification, create a project in the Analyst tool.
- Rule set
- A set of rule statements to apply to the data. The rule set also identifies one or more data inputs for the rule statements.
- Rule Statement
- A logical operation that determines a fact about the input data. The rule specification analyzes the data that the rule statement specifies and generates an output based on the status of the data.
Note: When you edit a rule specification in the workspace, you can also update the high-level properties for the rule specification. Save the rule specification before you update the properties. The properties include the rule specification name, the description, and the maximum length of the data output from the rule specification. To open the properties view, select the top-level icon in the rule specification.