Customizing business rules

By using PerformancePoint Expression Language (PEL), you can write powerful business rules.

In This Section

• Analyze rule choices
  Provides guidelines to help you select a rule set type and rule type. It also includes links to descriptions of specific rules.

• Specify the implementation type
  Provides detailed descriptions of implementation options.

• Review methods for creating a rule
  Provides a brief description of the different methods that Planning Business Modeler supports for creating a business rule.

• Review formats for business rules in PEL
  Describes the advantages of using PEL, and describes several common rule formats you can use.

• Best practices for writing rules
  Provides helpful guidelines about how to write rules in PEL. Includes information about conditional statements, variables, and parameters.

Reference

• Predefined templates for general business rules
  Provides background information about Planning Business Modeler rule templates, and links to specific information about complex templates such as intercompany eliminations and currency translations.

• About system-defined rules for financial models
  Describes the definition and procedural rules that Planning Business Modeler generates for you.

• PerformancePoint Expression Language Reference
  Provides links to information about PEL. This includes overview descriptions, syntax descriptions, and detailed reference information for all PEL programming elements.