Managing the Business Rules List

Use

The business rules list consists of business rules.

Each of these rules groups together:

  • Access control list (ACL) - a set of principals and permissions for access to some of the business object life cycle operations
  • Conditions list - a set of conditions that define the situations for which the permissions are valid

For more information, see Composite Application Service Security .

Prerequisites

  • You have selected a business object.
  • Your user is assigned to the roles SAP_CAF_ADMIN (or a custom role with the action caf.admin assigned).
  • You are logged on to the SAP NetWeaver Administrator: http://<host>:<port>/nwa and navigated to Configuration → Security  → Identity Management  → Composite Application Framework Authorization Tool.

Procedure

Creating a New Rule

  1. Navigate to the business object node for which you want to define business rules.
  2. Choose New Rule.

    A new entry named Rule is added to the business rules list.

  3. Follow the instructions for modifying an existing rule below.

Modifying an Existing Rule

  1. From the Business Rules List, choose the entry you want to modify.
  2. To change the name of the rule, click with the primary mouse button inside the column Name of the selected entry and enter a new name.
  3. Configure the Access Control List and the Conditions List.

    For more information, see Managing Access Control List and Managing Conditions List .

  4. To confirm the changes you have made, choose Save Business Rules.

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Deleting an Existing Rule

  1. From the Business Rules List, choose the entry you want to delete.
  2. To delete the rule, choose with the quick info text Remove.

    The rule is removed from the list.

  3. Choose Save Business Rules to confirm the changes made.

Exporting Business Rules

  1. Choose Export Business Rules.
  2. Select the business rules you want to export.
  3. Enter a name for the exported configuration.
  4. Choose Export to Configuration.

The configuration is created by the development component sap.com/caf~UI~ptn~authorization .

When the configuration is created it can be downloaded and then uploaded on another server. To do this, use the applications Repository Backup and Repository Restore.

Importing Business Rules

  1. To import a previously exported configuration of business rules, choose Import Business Rules.
  2. From the dropdown box, select the configuration you want to import.
  3. If in the imported configuration there are rules with the same names as existing ones, you can do the following:
    • To preserve the business rules, disable the Overwrite if Business Rule Already Exists checkbox.
    • To replace the existing rules with the imported ones, enable the Overwrite if Business Rule Already Exists checkbox.
  4. Choose Import from Configuration.

    The imported business rules are added to the list.

  5. Choose Save Business Rules to confirm the changes made.