Processing files activated by the Business Rules user interface

Using data from the FTM database, the Business Rules Manager can be configured to build and distribute Business Rules XML workflow descriptor files and tables. The Business Rules user interface starts the activation by calling the Business Rules engine. The Business Rules engine issues the activate command to the Business Rules Manager, requesting that the files be built for a particular environment, schema, and release ID.

The tables that are being distributed are located in the database. XML workflow descriptors encompass the workflow, node, task, and data descriptors.

When a release is activated, the XML descriptors and the tables are extracted from the database and built into the source distribution directory.

Extraction of the tables is controlled by selecting the records through a database view. The view is specified in the <viewName> element in the data descriptor XML. For more information, see Data Descriptors.