Example of Associating an Assignment Rule With a Change Type

You can define assignment rules to update the description field on a change.

Scenario

You want the description field to be updated automatically when the change moves to the approval status after reviewers in the interim approval status have approved the change.

Here’s a table that summarizes the values you must enter in Create Rule Set dialog box.

Field	Value
Composite	No
Type	Assignments
Association type	Change type
Association Name	The change type with which you want to associate the rule set.

Here’s a table that summarizes the values you must enter in the Create Rule dialog box.

Field	Value
Return Type	Generic
Target Business Entity	Change Header
Target Attribute Group	Change Order Main
Target Attribute	Description

Here’s a table that summarizes the values and expressions you must enter in the Edit Rule Set page.

Field	Value
Primary If Expression	[ChangeHeader].[Change Header Main].[Status]=='Approval'
THEN/Secondary If Expression	true
Return Value	The design change has been approved by reviewers in the interim approval status.
User Message	Description has been updated as per the change status.

Note: To ensure that valid attributes expressions are used in rules, you can right-click in one of the expression fields and select Insert Attribute, then use the Insert Attribute dialog box to populate attribute.