You perform the following steps to model rules:

1. Create a rules composer development component.

   You create a rules composer development component to model your rules in it.

2. Configure the rules composer DC.

   You need to configure the rules composer DC with the business terms you will use to model your rules. You can either have the business terms in an XML schema or in the form of Java classes. You then add the XML schema and the Java classes to the rules composer DC. You can also use the Definitions feature to create business terms.

   For more information, see Creating and Configuring a Rules Composer DC

3. Create a ruleset.

   You create a ruleset to group business rules that govern a specific function.

   For more information, see Creating a Ruleset

   • Create If-Then rules.

     You can write rules in the form of If-Then statements.

     For more information, see Creating an If-Then rule

   • Create Decision Tables.

     You can capture a number of structurally similar rules in a Decision Table.

     For more information, see Create a Decision Table

   Also see: Building Rules

4. Deploy the rules.

   After you model your rules, you need to build and deploy rules to the SAP AS.

   For more information, see Deploying Rules

5. Execute the rules.

   You can Integrate the rule engine with applications.

   For more information, see Executing Rules