Showing the Usages of a Business Rule or Business Ruleset

You can display the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using a business rule or business ruleset. Viewing the usages of a rule or ruleset is useful when you want to delete the rule or ruleset and need to know what objects are using it.

  To show the usages of a business rule or business ruleset:

  1. In the System View, expand the Financial Management, Planning, or Essbase application type and the application.

  2. Do one of these tasks:

    • Financial Management users only: To show the usages of a ruleset, expand the calculation type and Rulesets, right-click the ruleset whose usages you want to see, and select Show Usages.

    • Planning users only: To show the usages of a ruleset, expand Rulesets, right-click the ruleset whose usages you want to see, and select Show Usages.

      Note:

      For Financial Management applications, there is a Rulesets node for each calculation type within the application. For Planning applications, there is only one Rulesets node for each application at the same level as the plan types.

    • To show the usages of a rule, expand the calculation type or plan type, or database, and Rules, right-click the rule whose usages you want to see, and select Show Usages.

  3. You can view this information about the business rule or business ruleset:

    • The names of the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset

    • The calculation type, plan type, or database of the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset

    • The application name of the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset

    • Whether the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset are deployed

    • Whether the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset are validated

    • A description of the business rules, templates, and business rulesets that are using the business rule or business ruleset

      Note:

      You can also view a rule or ruleset's usages from within the Rule or Ruleset Designer on the Usages tab.

  4. After you review the information, click OK.