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What is a Rule and why is it important?

In Xelence, a Rule is an expression of business logic. It can determine application values or actions available to the user.

What do I need to know to begin learning about Rules?

You should already be familiar with the following:

• Creating and editing Entities, Forms in Xelence
• Writing SQL Queries

What do I need to know to start working with Rules?

You need to understand the following:

• Logical Rule Elements

What can I do with Rule?

You can perform the following Rule tasks:

• Create a Decision Table with One In Variable
• Test the Decision Table
• Add a Variable to an Existing Decision Table and Test the Rule
• Add a New-Date Specific Version to the Decision Table and Test the New Version
• Create Manual Constants
• Import Code Values as Constants
• Create and Test a Logical Rule with One Condition
• Use a Try Block in a Logical Rule and Test the Rule
• Create and Test a Logical Rule with a Loop and Call a Decision Table
• Create an Excel Matrix with an Excel File and Test the Rule
• Convert an Excel File into a Matrix and Test the Rule
• Convert an Excel File into a Decision Table and Test the Rule
• Configure Tracing a Rule

X# Documents:

• Using the Convert Class in Xelence 
• Data Types and Variables
• DateTime Helper methods
• CurrentContext Helper methods
• Entity Helper methods
• GlobalContext Helper methods
• Rules Helper methods
• Tracing Helper methods
• BPM Helper methods
• AdhocReport Helper methods
• Word Correspondence Helper methods

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