Validating a Business Rule from the Rule Designer

  To validate a business rule from within the Rule Designer:

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.

2. Right-click the rule you want to validate, and select Open.

3. In the Rule Designer, select Actions, then Validate, and do one of these tasks:

   • If you are working with a Classic Financial Management or a Classic Planning application:

     • If you are working with a Financial Management rule, select Consolidation.

     • If you are working with a Planning rule, select Planning.

       Note:

       If you are working with business rules in Classic Financial Management and Planning applications, you can validate against only the application in which the rule is created.

   • If you are working with a Performance Management Architect application:

     • If you are working with a Financial Management rule, select EPMA, Consolidation, or Both. Then click OK.

     • If you are working with a Planning rule, select EPMA, Planning, or Both. Then click OK.

   • If you are working with an Essbase application and rule, select Essbase.

   If the rule validates successfully a message is displayed. If the rule does not validate, the errors are displayed.