Rule builder

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The Rule builder is used to create rules that trigger alerts when certain conditions are met. These alerts notify users of potential issues or changes in the business process, and allow them to take action to resolve them quickly. With Rule builder, you can define conditions and actions for your rules, and test them before deploying them to production.

The Rule builder enables creation of the following rules.

Alert rules

Alert rules notify users of potential issues or changes in the business process, and allow them to take action to resolve them quickly.

The alert messages can include information about the affected items, such as their stock keeping unit (SKU), name, and location, as well as the reason for the alert. Users can then use this information to take action to resolve the issue, such as contacting suppliers or requesting additional materials.

For more information, see Creating alert rules.

Derived data rules

Derived data processing rules derive new data about a business object from existing data.

The data is derived by observing a business event or the current data of business objects current data or both. For example, you might create a rule that adds a new field to the Order business object. On data ingest, data size for the order is provided in bytes. The rule coverts the data size from bytes to kilobytes. The rule matches a business event for an order, verifies that the event includes the data size attribute, and divides the size by 1000 to covert to kilobytes. A new data size in kilobytes field is added to the Order business object.

For more information, see Creating derived data rules.

Import rules

Import data rules are used to validate and import data into the application. They ensure that the data is correctly formatted and meets the required criteria before it is saved to the system.

For more information, see Creating import rules.

CEP rules: Complex event processing pattern detection (CEP) rules look for complex patterns in data that typically span a sequence of business events over time. A common use for CEP rules is to detect anomalies, which involves looking for an event which is an outlier to a trend among similar events.
For more information, see Creating CEP rules.

Export rules

Export rules are used to validate and export data from the application. They ensure that the data is correctly formatted and meets the required criteria before it is sent to the user.

For more information, see Creating export rules.

KPI rules: Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide insights into trends across events or business objects of the same type.
For more information, see Creating KPI rules.

Notification rules: Notification rules define the criteria to trigger the notifications and specify when and how the system notifies users about certain events or updates.
To create a notification rule, see Creating notification rules.