Designing Business Processes in the Sun Business Process Manager

ProcedureTo edit business rules

  1. In the BP, double-click the business rule activity or business rule you want to modify.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Add new mappings.

    • Incorporate new methods into the rules.

    • Delete an existing link by clicking the link and then pressing the Delete key (this cannot be undone).

  3. To modify rules in the Business Rules Editor, click the bottom gray triangle to the left of the Business Rule Designer title bar.

    The Business Rules Editor appears.

  4. By default, the rules are in read-only mode. Click Show Single Mapping to place the editor in edit mode.

  5. Do any of the following in the Business Rules Editor.

    • To delete a rule or set of rules, right-click the node and then click Delete. Use caution when deleting rules. This can result in modeling elements being removed from the BP and cannot be undone.

    • To activate the reset destination feature for a rule, right-click the rule, and then click Reset Destination (for more information about this feature, see Reset Destination).

      When you right-click the node again, Reset Destination appears with a check mark.

    • To deactivate the reset destination feature for a rule, right-click the rule, and then click Reset Destination.

      When you right-click the node again, Reset Destination no longer appears with the check mark.

    • To expand the tree nodes, right-click a node, and then click Expand, or click Expand All to expand all nodes.

    • To collapse a tree node, right-click the node, and then click Collapse.

    • To change the order of the rules, select the rule you want to move and then click either the down or up arrows in the toolbar until the rule is where you want it. You can only move a node if there a multiple nodes at the same level.

  6. To close the Business Rules Editor, click the top gray triangle to the left of the Business Rule Designer title bar.

  7. When you are done making changes, click Save in the Enterprise Designer toolbar.