http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/ 2026-04-04T07:55:48+00:00 http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/ http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/_media/logo.png text/html 2022-12-15T05:04:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0570_rules_v_process?rev=1671080690&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule What is the difference between processes and business rules? Business rules encapsulate business logic of the system, i.e. they encapsulate any rules that are not related to the user interface (or any other external interface to the system). Processes, on the other hand, provide a bridge between business rules and the user interface (or any other external interface to the system). Usually processes just activate business rules in response to some external request a… text/html 2025-06-12T03:59:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0580_define_rule?rev=1749700774&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to define a rule Most business rules are evaluated when a particular business object is created or modified and therefore most rules are attached to business objects. Some rules may also be attached to notifications (they are evaluated when a notification is created or received) or to timer events (scheduling rules). A rule consists of a condition (which is optional) and actions. To define a rule you need to specify these conditions and actions using the Rule L… text/html 2022-12-15T05:05:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0590_find_rule?rev=1671080747&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to find a rule An application that you configure may have many rules. If you want to find a particular rule in the Configuration Tool you can use “Search Rules” functionality – see the Searching Rules section. You can also use various filtering options available in the Rule Collection Editor. The Rule Collection Editor may display all rules in the application or only rules attached to a particular business object or notification – see the “ text/html 2025-06-12T02:35:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0600_order_rules?rev=1749695708&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to deal with rules that need to be evaluated in a strict order Quite often you are dealing with the situation when rules need to be evaluated only after the action of the previous rule has been executed, i.e you seem to be dealing with the ordered sequence of rules. However, in text/html 2025-06-12T02:35:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0610_ensure_single_execution?rev=1749695727&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to make sure that action is executed only once Most rules in AwareIM are un-ordered, i.e. AwareIM does not guarantee the order in which the rules will be evaluated. Consequently, the same rule may be submitted for evaluation several times and so its action may be executed several times as well (see the “ text/html 2025-06-12T03:59:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0620_action_multiple_objects?rev=1749700774&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to perform an action on multiple business objects AwareIM Rule Language is the language of rules only – it does not include variables or loops as programming languages do. Consequently, it is not possible to iterate over business objects. How can then an action be performed on several business objects? The answer is that any action is automatically performed on all objects that are in the current text/html 2022-12-15T05:06:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/docs/3400_how_to/0400_business_rules/0630_confim_execution?rev=1671080800&do=diff manuals how_to business_rule How to check whether rules are executing correctly Execution of rules can be checked using the Execution Log and Log Viewer. See the “Execution Log” section.