Validating a Business Rule Sequence

As you are creating a business rule sequence, you may want to validate portions of it (or all of it) to determine whether there are any problems with the sequence before you launch it. If there are problems, you can view the log file for a description of the problems, and rewrite the portion of the sequence that caused the validation error.

Note:

You need to have access privileges to all rules in the sequence before you can validate it. For more information about granting access privileges to a sequence, see Adding or Editing Access Privileges for a Business Rule Sequence.

*  To validate a business rule sequence:

  1. Launch the Administration Console by selecting Start > Programs > Hyperion > Administration Services > Start Administration Services Console.

  2. In the Analytic Administration Services Login dialog box, enter a server name and your user name and password to log on to Administration Services.

  3. In the left navigation frame of Administration Services, expand the Business Rules node. Then expand the Repository View node.

  4. Expand the Sequences node, and double-click the sequence you want to validate.

    The Sequence Editor is displayed showing the Sequence tab. The business rules and sequences that comprise the sequence are listed on this tab.

    Note:

    You cannot validate a sequence that contains business rules that are associated with an outline from Essbase and an outline from Planning.

  5. Click Validate to validate the business rule sequence.

    The Validate dialog box is displayed.

  6. In the Validate dialog box, do the following:

    1. In the Execution Database Name text box, enter the name of the database against which you want to validate the business rule sequence. Or click the Search button to search for a database.

    2. If the business rule sequence contains one or more runtime prompts, enter values for them, or click the Search button to search for values.

      Note:

      A value for a runtime prompt may be entered by default. If so, you can accept the default, enter a new value, or search for a new value.

  7. Click Validate to validate the sequence.