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Defining Procedures for a Business Rule Process

Procedures are collections of steps. When a procedure is executed, each step in the procedure is executed in sequence.

One of the procedures is designated at the process level as the entry procedure. This procedure is executed when the process is executed. Within the entry procedure, other procedures are invoked by additional procedure statements.

Each procedure is uniquely identified by its name. The name must begin with a letter. It can contain alphanumeric, space(s), underscore, and hyphen. It cannot contain other special characters such as @, !, or %. Procedure names are case sensitive.

A procedure can have its own local properties. These properties can only be accessed within the procedure where they are defined. If a local property has the same name as a global property, the local property takes precedence over the global property.

This step is part of Process of Defining Business Rule Processes.