About grouping rules

Rule groups complement zones and styles in supporting dynamic business rules.

A rule group provides a means to organize a large number of rules into smaller logical categories, which usually affect distinct (non-overlapping) parts of a Web site. For example, a retail application might organize rules that affect the electronics and jewelry portions of a Web site into a group for Electronics Rules and another group for Jewelry Rules.

A rule group also enables multiple business users to access Endeca Workbench simultaneously. Each Endeca Workbench user can access a single rule group at a time. Once a user selects a rule group, Endeca Workbench prevents other users from editing that group until the user returns to the group selection list or closes the browser window.