You run a rule analysis cycle to check the integrity of
a rule project.
About this task
When you run a rule analysis cycle to check the integrity
of a rule project, you go through the following steps:
Generate an analysis report by selecting the rule project and one of its decision operations.
Resolve each ambiguity and conflict listed.
Instantiate the missing rules found, if applicable: select
a package, name the rule, and edit the conditions and actions as necessary.
Rerun the analysis cycle to check for any remaining errors
and repeat the process as appropriate.
Procedure
To run a report on a rule project:
- In the Rule Explorer, right-click
a rule project and click Open Rule Analysis.
- Click the Select Rule Project and an Operation button
in the Rule
Analysis view toolbar.
- Select a rule project, and then click Browse and select a decision
operation.
- Click OK to close the Select Rule Project and an
Operation dialog.
- In the Analysis Options section, select the type of checks that you
want to run.
To check decision trees and decision tables, select the Include decision trees and
decision tables in the inter-rule checks check box.
For more information on the checks available, see Consistency checking and Completeness analysis.
Note:
If you start the rule analysis and modify the checks selected before the analysis is complete,
the changes are not taken into account until the next time you run the analysis.
- To search for missing rules in your rule project, select
the Completeness check box.
By
default, the analysis stops looking for missing rules when it has
found 100 missing rules. If you have a large rule project and if you
want to make sure that the analysis does not take too long, you can
modify this number and start searching for 10 missing rules, for example.
- To start the analysis, click
Run Rule Analysis in the view toolbar. A progress bar shows the
status of the analysis run. When the analysis is completed, a report is shown in the
Results section of the
Rule Analysis view.
Tip: You can cancel the analysis in two ways:
- Click the Cancel button next to the run button.
- Click the Cancel Operation icon in the Progress view
().
- After resolving the ambiguities and
conflicts, and instantiating the missing
rules, repeat step 7 to check for remaining errors.