Managing Rule Groups

Rule groups are created to store similar groups or rules in a single location. Groups can be created within groups to meet enterprise needs. You can have a combination of standard and lightweight rules in the same rule group. Because you cannot schedule pre-persistence rules, keep them in the same rule group which you would not schedule.

Caution: Do not exceed more than 10,000 resources in a group.

Move and copy groups and rules on the Rules resource tree with the drag and drop functionality. If you delete a group, the rules within that group are also deleted.

Note: To copy multiple resources at once, use Copy and Paste. You can drag and drop only one resource at a time.

Where: Navigator > Resources > Rules > rule group

To create a rule group:

  1. Right-click a rule group and select New Group.

    A New Group text field appears under the group you selected.

  2. Enter the new group’s name in the text field.

  3. Press Enter.

  4. Refer to Scheduling a Rule Group to add entries in the group’s Jobs tab.

To rename a rule group:

  1. Right-click a group and select Rename.

  2. In the text field, enter the group’s new name.

  3. Press Enter.

To edit a rule group:

  1. Right-click a group and select Edit Group.

  2. In the Group Editor, edit the Name and Description text fields.

  3. Optionally designate owners of a rule, and specify user groups that are notified of rules changes.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Refer to Scheduling a Rule Group to add entries in the group’s Jobs tab.

To move or copy a rule group:

  1. Navigate to a group and drag and drop it into another group.

  2. Select Move to move the group, Copy to make a separate copy of the group, or Link to create a copy of the group that is linked to the original group.

If you select Move, the resource or resource group moves to the new location. If you select Copy, you create a separate copy of the resource or resource group that will not be affected when the original resource or resource group is edited. If you select Link, you create a copy that is linked to the original resource or resource group. Therefore, if you edit a linked item, whether the original or the copy, all links are also edited. When deleting linked items, you can either delete the selected item or all linked items.

To delete a rule group:

  1. Right-click a group and select Delete Group.

  2. Click Yes.