Action 

Definition

An action is the term for any manipulation of any data sets that makes sense from a business point of view and that can be performed technically.

Use

You use actions to define rules in the BRF.

In the Business Rule Framework, the term "action" is actually used in two ways simultaneously:

·        As a concrete action of a specific action type

·        As an abstract action

This is just a name for an object to which any number of concrete actions are assigned.

With a rule, you enter the abstract action in the Action field. Within this abstract action you can select concrete action types. You can enter any number of different concrete action types. This means that it is also permissible not to enter any concrete action type.

 In the maintenance environment (transaction BRF), concrete actions are listed as subnodes of the associated abstract actions.

Structure

Attributes of the Abstract Action

To maintain the abstract action, the following fields are usually available:

·        Short text

·        Group

·        Version

·        Import status

·        Created by

·        Created On/At

·        Application Class

·        Language

You can also define the concrete action types that are to be called.

Action Type

Concrete actions are characterized by the action type.