The settings for determining the rules stored in the system and the mechanism for determining the rules are represented by means of the condition technique. This technique offers multi-level processes and flexible handling of variable parameters; that is, every step of the rules stored in the system can define the next check step.

1. You create a field catalog by choosing the desired fields from the reference structure ( Maintaining Field Catalog).
2. From the field catalog you choose the fields that should be used as the key combination for the condition table and generate the condition table ( Creating Condition Tables).
3. You create an access sequence and define the accesses to the condition tables and their fields ( Creating Access Sequences).
4. You create a condition type and assign the access sequence to it ( Creating Condition Types).
5. You define a rule strategy and define the control ( Maintaining Rule Strategies).
6. You assign the rule strategy to three parameters for activation ( Assigning Rule Strategies).
7. You create a rule ( Integrated Rule Maintenance).
8. You define the rule determination in which you assign the condition records to a rule ( Creating Rule Determination).