Copying and Pasting the Reference to a Business Rule Formula or Script Component

When you copy and paste a reference to a business rule script or formula component, you copy and paste a shortcut to the component; the component itself is not copied. Only one copy of the component exists in the original business rule from which you copied the reference. The reference functions as a pointer to the business rule that contains the component.

You can copy and paste a reference to a formula or script component within the same business rule or within a different business rule if the business rule belongs to the same application type (Financial Management, Planning, or Essbase).

Note:

For Financial Management business rules and components, when you copy the reference to a component, you must paste it into business rules of the same calculation type or of the Generic calculation type.

  To copy and paste a reference to a formula or script component:

  1. In the System View, expand the Financial Management, Planning, or Essbase application type, the application, the calculation type, plan type, or database, and Rules. Do one of these tasks:

    • Right–click the rule that contains the formula or script component whose reference you want to copy and paste, and select Open.

    • Select the rule that contains the formula or script component whose reference you want to copy and paste, and select File, Open.

  2. In the Rule Designer flow chart, select the formula or script component whose reference you want to copy and paste.

  3. Select Edit, Copy Reference.

  4. Do one of these tasks:

    • If you want to paste the component's reference into the same business rule, select the component to the left of the location you want the component's reference to display in the flow chart. (The component's reference displays to the right of the component you select.)

    • If you want to paste the component's reference into a different business rule, open the business rule into which you want to paste the component's reference, and select the component to the left of the location you want the component's reference to display in the flow chart.

      Note:

      You can copy and paste the reference into a business rule that belongs to the same application or a different application, as long as the application belongs to the same application type (Financial Management, Planning, or Essbase).

  5. Select Edit, Paste.

  6. Select File, Save.