Use

In rule modules you combine rule elements, i.e. group validations and substitutions . You can assign the rules modules to rule containers.

Prerequisites

The required validations and substitutions are available in the system.

Procedure

From the SAP menu, choose Student Lifecycle Management → Curriculum → Study Planning → Rules → Rule Modules

When setting up a rule module, you must perform these three steps:

Step 1: Define the rule module

Step 2: Describe the rule module

Step 3: Build the rule module

Define the rule module.

You define a rule module by entering a numeric key and descriptive text.You must create a new entry for each rule module.

In the top node Rule Modules , choose New entries

Enter a numeric key and a descriptive text for each rule module

Choose ( Save ).

Describe the rule module.

For each rule module, enter a description that explains its content and function.

Select the rule module you want to describe, and choose the node Rule Module Description by double clicking it

Choose New entries

Enter a description for the rule module.

Choose ( Save ).

Build the rule module.

In this step, you assign rule elements to the rule modules.The system processes these rule elements when the rule module is called.If the rule elements are validations, you can combine them with the operators AND and OR.

Select the rule module you want to build, and choose the node Rule Module Construction by double clicking it

Assign rule elements to the rule module.You can use operators to combine the rule elements.

An example of how to set up a rule module is given in the following.

Choose ( Save ).

Example

When a student applies for admission, you want the system to check whether the student fulfils the set prerequisites, which are checked by means of rule elements:

Prerequisite knowledge in Algebra (rule element ZU_MA1)

Prerequisite knowledge in Geometry (rule element ZU_MA2)

Prerequisite knowledge in Mathematics based on a Mathematics test (rule element ZU_MAT)

The rule elements are all validations.To map the prerequisites in the system, you combine the following entries:

In the first two steps, the system checks if the student has the prerequisite knowledge in Algebra and Geometry.You map this check in the system by placing the two rule elements in parentheses and combining them with the operator AND.Alternatively, the system checks if the student has fulfilled the Mathematics prerequisites by achieving a pass in the Mathematics test.You map this check in the system by combining the first two steps and the third step with the operator OR.