Analyze Item Rule Set Impact

Use the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact scheduled process to analyze the impact of adding a new rule set or modifying an existing rule set on existing items.

The process will forcefully apply the rule sets on existing items.

When to Use

When you add a new rule set or modify an existing rule set, you can mark the rule set as a Draft. Then, create an impact analysis using the Analyze Rule Set Impact task and specify the items for which you want to perform the analysis.

You can initiate the process to perform the analysis from the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact task or from the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact scheduled process.

To periodically analyze the impact of all the rule sets including any new rule sets on existing items and update the items according to the assignment rules or validate the item data, you can do the following:

• Create the impact analysis using the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact task.
• Set Autoupdate to Yes for the analysis.
• Create the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact process, select the impact analysis created earlier, and schedule the process to run at the required interval.

This process will perform the impact analysis and also update items after the analysis.

Privileges Required

• Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
• Manage Item Batch (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_BATCH_PRIV)
• Import Item (EGP_IMPORT_ITEM_PRIV)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:

Specification	Description
Job Type	Ad hoc job or scheduled. Depending on the need of the analysis, for example, if you add a new rule set and want to analyze the impact on existing items, you can run the analysis on an ad hoc basis. But, if there are periodical changes in the existing rule sets, and you want to analyze their impact and update the existing items, you can schedule for a set time.
Frequency	Whenever there is a need to analyze the impact of a new item rule set on an existing set of items.
Time of Day	If considerable number of items are added to the scope of the analysis, it's recommended to run the analysis after work hours.
Duration	Variable based on the number of items added to the scope of the impact analysis.
Compatibility	There's no current functional need to run multiple instances of this process simultaneously.

Parameters

Parameter	Optional or Required	Description	Parameter Values	Special Combinations Required	Notes
Analysis Name	Required	Search and select an analysis that you want to perform	Name of the rule set impact analysis	None	N/A

Troubleshooting Information

• You can view the status of the analyze item rule set impact process in the Scheduled Processes work area.
• The validation errors and warning messages that prevented the analysis display in the error log.
• Any interactive warning validations aren't performed.
• After the program is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, or Release Process in the Scheduled Processes work area.
• You can review the results of the impact analysis by navigating to the results page of the analysis using the Analyze Item Rule Set Impact task.

Related Topics

• Analyze Rule Impact
• Submit Scheduled Processes and Process Sets