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Configuring and Activating the Runtime Event

You must associate the Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord, Service Request Validation - WriteRecord, and Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord rule modules with runtime events.

To configure a runtime events to invoke rules

1. From the Site Map in your Siebel application, choose Administration - Runtime Events > Action Sets.
2. In the Action Sets applet, add a new action set. Use the following guidelines to enter its fields:

   Field	Guideline
   Name	Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord Action
   Active	Checked (TRUE) by default.
   Enable Export	Checked (TRUE) by default.

3. In the lower Actions applet, add a new action. In the lower More Info form applet, use the following guidelines to enter its fields:

   Field	Guideline
   Name	Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord Rules
   Action Type	Required. Select BusService from the pick list.
   Sequence	Required. Enter 1.
   Active	Required. Checked (TRUE) by default.
   Start Date / End Date	Null by default.
   Business Service Name	Enter Business Rule Service (case sensitive). This business service executes a rules module. It is seed data in your Siebel Repository.
   Business Service Method	Enter RunRules (case sensitive, no space).
   Business Service Context	Enter Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord, the name of the rule module that this action executes. NOTE:  The rule module name must match the rule module name in HaleyAuthority. The comparison is case-sensitive and space-sensitive.

4. Click Events in the link bar. In the resulting Events applet, add a new event record to which you associate the action set you created. Use the following guidelines to enter its fields.

   For more information about implementing runtime events, see Siebel Personalization Administration Guide.

   Field	Guideline
   Name	(optional) Enter Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord Event.
   Sequence	Required. Enter 1.
   Object Type	Required. Select BusComp from the pick list.
   Object Name	Required. From the list of values, select Service Request, the top-level business component.
   Event	Required. Select PreWriteRecord.
   Subevent	no entry necessary
   Conditional Expression	no entry necessary
   Action Set Name	Required. From the list of values, select Service Request Validation - PreWriteRecord Action, the action set that you defined in Step 2.

5. Save the event record.
6. Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 to create the first WriteRecord event. Make duplicate entries, with the following exceptions:
   • Action set Name: Service Request Validation - WriteRecord Action
   • Action Name: Service Request Validation - WriteRecord Rules
   • Action Business Service Context: Service Request Validation - WriteRecord
   • Event Name: Service Request Validation - WriteRecord Event
   • Event: WriteRecord
   • Event's Action Set Name: Service Request Validation - WriteRecord Action
7. Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 to create another PreWriteRecord event. Make duplicate entries, with the following exceptions:
   • Action set Name: Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord Action
   • Action Name: Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord Rules
   • Action Business Service Context: Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord
   • Event Name: Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord Event
   • Event Object Name: Action
   • Event: PreWriteRecord
   • Event's Action Set Name: Service Request Activity - PreWriteRecord Action