Parent and Child BO 'Was Changed' Rule

JHew

I have made a parent BO and a child BO which both have a yes/no attribute called ‘Plan Slot’. I’m trying to make it so that If the user changes the Plan Slot value in the parent BO, it updates all instances of the child BO to the same value.

I’ve tried using the below but had no luck. Can anyone tell me where I’m going wrong?

If OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots WAS CHANGED THEN OverhaulSlots_ChildDB.PlanSlot=OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots

joben

You could use a shortcut in this scenario.
If the attribute in the child BO should always reflect the value in the parent BO, a shortcut would be a more convenient solution.
If you cant use a shortcut for some reason, here is another answer to your question:

OverhaulSlots_ChildDB is not in the context.

Here is one way to do this:

If OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots WAS CHANGED Then
FIND OverhaulSlots_ChildDB WHERE (OverhaulSlots_ChildDB.OverhaulSlots_ParentDB=OverhaulSlots_ParentDB)
OverhaulSlots_ChildDB.PlanSlot=OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots

PointsWell

joben wrote

If OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots WAS CHANGED Then
FIND OverhaulSlots_ChildDB WHERE (OverhaulSlots_ChildDB.OverhaulSlots_ParentDB=OverhaulSlots_ParentDB)
OverhaulSlots_ChildDB.PlanSlot=OverhaulSlots_ParentDB.PlanSlots

From memory FIND is not an available function for Business Rules, only Processes but you can use a BR to call a Process. The logic of this restriction is not clear

ACDC

I’ve tried using the below but had no luck. Can anyone tell me where I’m going wrong?

Wouldn't this be a simpler approach:

Create a rule on the child object that simply says:

ChildObject.Attribute1=ChildObject.ParentObject.Attribute1 and make sure the "Dont check referred" on the rule is not checked

When the change occurs in the Parent object it should filter down to all the child objects automatically because of reference checking

JHew

Thanks All. Jobens Solution worked as required.