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• Include defines a manager to only read requests of the type specified.

• Exclude defines a manager to read all requests except the type specified.

• the ORACLE ID of the request's Set of Books (for multiple installs) or Organization if you are using multiple organizations.

• the program itself or the program's application

• the request type of the program

• the user who submitted the request

• a combined rule, which combines more than one action to generate a single rule. The combined rule applies its actions to one or more types of request.

For example, a combined rule can exclude an action from an Oracle ID and exclude another action from a specific program.

Using more than one rule

• Include rules are evaluated together using 'OR' statements as the binding logic.

For example, If you use the rules:

• Include X

• Include Y

The result of the rules allows the manager to run either X 'OR' Y but does not require that both programs be run.

• Exclude rules are evaluated together using 'AND' statements as the binding logic.

For example, If you use the rules:

• Exclude 1

• Exclude 2.

The result of the rules prohibits the manager from running programs 1 'AND' 2 together or separately.

• Include rules are evaluated first, then Exclude rules are evaluated. Include rule(s) and Exclude rule(s) are evaluated together as an AND statement. For example, (Include X OR Y) AND (Exclude 1 AND 2).

• An Exclude rule overrides an Include rule.

Specialization Rule Logic - Examples

Include Rules	Result
Include X	Run only program X
Include X	Run program X
OR	...or
Include User Sam	Run requests by User Sam
	Net result: Run everyone's requests for program X, and run all of Sam's requests.
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Exclude Rules	Result
Exclude 37	Do not run program 37
Exclude 37	Do not run program 37
AND	...and
Exclude User Sam	Do not run requests by User Sam
	Net result: Do not run anyone's requests for program 37, and do not run any of Sam's requests.
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Include and Exclude Rules	Result
Include User Sam	Run only requests by User Sam
AND	...and
Exclude 37	Do not run program 37
	Net result: Run all of Sam's requests except requests to run program 37.
Include X	( Run program X
OR	...or
Include User Sam	Run requests by User Sam )
---------- AND	...and
Exclude 37	( Do not run program 37
AND	...and
Exclude User Mary	Do not run requests by User Mary )
	Net result: Run program X except when requested by Mary, and run all of Sam's requests except requests to run program 37.

Table 1 - 15 gives examples of the action types associated with specialization rules.

Examples - Specialization Rule Types

Rule Action	Type	Example	Explanation
INCLUDE	Combined Rule	Oracle Project Accounting - Tim's Budgets	Manager only reads requests to start programs defined by the Combined Rule "Tim's Budgets".
	ORACLE ID	APPS2	Manager only reads requests to start programs that connect to the APPS2 (a single install in a multiple install schema) Oracle ID.
	Program	Oracle Project Accounting - Sales Forecast	Manager only reads requests to start the concurrent program named "Sales Forecast".
	Request Type	Oracle Inventory - Overnight Reports	Manager only reads requests to start programs belonging to the request type "Overnight Reports".
	User	Tim	Manager only reads requests to start programs submitted by the application user "Tim".
EXCLUDE	Combined Rule	Oracle General Ledger - Month End Reports	Manager reads all requests to start programs except those defined by the Combined Rule "Month End Reports".
	ORACLE ID	APPS2	Manager reads all requests to start programs except those that connect to the APPS2 Oracle ID.
	Program	Application Object Library - Purge Audit Tables	Manager reads all requests to start programs except requests for the program named "Purge Audit Tables".
	Request Type	Oracle Purchasing - Weekend Programs	Manager reads all requests to start programs except those belonging to the request type "Weekend Programs".
	User	Margaret	Manager reads all requests to start programs except those submitted by the application user "Margaret".
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See Also

Examples - Using Specialization Rules

Defining Combined Specialization Rules

Using Combined Rules

Differences Between Specialization and Combined Rules

Concurrent Managers field help

Combined Specialization Rules field help