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

Rule groups serve two functions:

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