Using Rule Editor

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02/02/2021

Use the Rule Editor to view and edit conditions in the Conditions Editor and actions in the Actions Editor for the selected rule.

Conditions Editor

Use the Conditions Editor (part of the Rule Editor) to view and edit conditions for firing rules. You can add built-in predicates by using the shortcut menu, drag items from the Facts Explorer to define arguments and predicates, and enter argument values inline by clicking an argument link.

Use the shortcut menu to access the following options.

Use this	To do this
Add logical AND	Add an operator to combine two or more predicates to form a logical AND expression.
Add logical OR	Add an operator to combine two or more predicates to form a logical OR expression.
Add logical NOT	Add the operator NOT to negate a logical expression or predicate.
Predicates	Add a predicate expression based on one of the built-in predicates provided by the Rule object model, such as the Is Equal To operator.
Predicates \ After	Represent the temporal predicate that answers the question "Is time1 chronologically after time2"?
Predicates \ Before	Represent the temporal predicate that answers the question "Is time1 chronologically before time2."
Predicates \ Between	Represent the temporal predicate that answers the question "Is time1 chronologically between time2 and time3."
Predicates \ Equal	Represent the relational equality operator.
Predicates \ Exists	Represent the XML element or attribute existence predicate used in rule conditions.
Predicates \ GreaterThan	Represent the relational greater than operator.
Predicates \ GreaterThanEqual	Represent the relational greater than or equal to operator.
Predicates \ LessThan	Represent the relational less than operator.
Predicates \ LessThanEqual	Represents the relational less than or equal to operator.
Predicates \ Match	Determines if a regular expression is present in a specified input string.
Predicates \ NotEqual	Represent the relational inequality operator.
Predicates \ Range	Test whether a value is between a range.
Delete logical operator	Delete the selected logical operator (AND, OR, or NOT).
Delete predicate	Delete the selected predicate.
Move Up	Move the predicate up one position or a level.
Move Down	Move the predicate down one position or a level.
Go to vocabulary	Locate the vocabulary definition in the Facts Explorer that corresponds to the selected predicate or argument.
Go to source fact	Locate the XML element, database column, or .NET method in the Facts Explorer that corresponds to the selected predicate or argument.
Reset argument	Delete the selected argument (and any nested arguments), and restore the initial definition.
Set to null	Replace the selected argument with a null constant definition.
Set to empty string	Replace the selected argument with an empty string value.

Actions Editor

Use the Actions Editor (part of the Rule Editor) to view and edit actions to execute when a rule is fired. You can add built-in actions by using the shortcut menu, drag items from the Facts Explorer to define actions and arguments, and enter argument values inline by clicking an argument link.

Use this	To do this
Delete action	Delete the selected action.
Go to vocabulary	Locate the vocabulary definition in the Facts Explorer that corresponds to the selected action or argument.
Go to source fact	Locate the XML element, database column, or .NET method in the Facts Explorer that corresponds to the selected action or argument.
Move Up	Move the action up one position or a level.
Move Down	Move the action down one position or a level.
Reset argument	Delete the selected argument (and any nested arguments), and restore the initial definition.
Set to null	Replace the selected argument with a null constant definition.
Set to empty string	Replace the selected argument with an empty string value.
Functions	Add an argument based on one of the built-in functions provided by the Rule object model, such as the Add operator.
Assert	Add a new fact into the working memory of the rule engine instance.
Retract	Remove a fact from the working memory of the rule engine instance.
RetractByType	Remove a fact of specified type from the working memory of the rule engine instance.
Clear	Reset the working memory and agenda of the rule engine instance.
Halt	Terminate the rule processing.
Update	Update a fact in the working memory of the rule engine instance.

Output window

Use the Output window to view results of test execution for a selected policy version.