Working with Rules

You can use rules in the context of a business process in two ways as follows:

Rules Service

1. Model your rules in the rules composer.

   More Information: Modeling Rules with the Rules Composer

2. Expose the ruleset or Flow Ruleset as a web service .

3. Use the rules service through an automated activity.

   More Information: Modeling Automated Activities

Rule Based Function

1. Create a ruleset in the process composer.

2. Use the ruleset like any other function in the process composer. For example, you can use a ruleset as a transform in a mapping activity.

   More Information:

   • Performing Complex Data Transformation with Functions

   • Editing Functions

   • Modeling Human Activities

   • Transforming Complex Data to Simple Data with Mapping Activities

3. If the ruleset function has a boolean return type, it can be used as a gateway condition.

   More Information: Controlling the Process Flow with Gateways

Basic Concepts of Rule Modeling