Compiling Rules

About Compiling Rules

After you make changes to entity or relationship family rules, you must compile the family for the changes to be applied. Likewise, after you make changes to a Rules Library rule project, you must compile the project for the changes to be applied.

Note: To compile an entire database, you must compile all entity family rules, all relationship family rules, and all projects in the Rules Library.

Compile the Rules for a Specific Family

About This Task

After you make changes to entity or relationship family rules, you must compile the family for the changes to be applied. The following instructions provide details on compiling the rules for a single family. Families cannot be compiled until the family rule project has been created.

Note: To compile an entire database, you must compile all entity family rules, all relationship family rules, and all projects in the Rules Library. You can use the following instructions to compile rules for entity and relationship families.

Procedure

  1. Access the Rules Library.
  2. Select Families.
  3. Select the family whose rules you want to compile.
  4. On the toolbar, select .

    The family rules are compiled, and the result appears in the Output pane.

    Note: If it is not already selected, in the Output pane, select to show output from the GE Digital APM Server Rules.

Compile the Rules for a Specific Rules Library Project

About This Task

After you make changes to a Rules Library rule project, you must compile the project for the changes to be applied. The following instructions provide details on compiling a single Rules Library rule project.

Note: To compile an entire database, you must compile all entity family rules, all relationship family rules, and all projects in the Rules Library.

Procedure

  1. Access the Rules Library.
  2. Select Rules Library.
  3. In the tree, select the Rules Library project that you want to compile.
  4. On the toolbar, select .

    The Rules Library rule project is compiled, and the result appears in the Output pane.

Compile the Entire Database

Procedure

  1. Access the Rules Library.
  2. Select Families.
  3. On the toolbar, select .

    The compilation process begins. Rules Library project are compiled first, followed by entity families and then relationship families. The progress of the compilation is shown in the Output pane.