Application Rules

The Application or API Rule is the interface between the process engine and the application, including any parameters to be passed.

To access Application Rules, do as follows:

1. From the Process Modeller window, click the submenu icon corresponding to the Pipeline for which you want to add an application rule. The Process Flow tab is displayed.
2. Select the Application Rules icon from the header to display the Application Rules window.
3. Click the Add icon to display the Add Application Rules window. You can delete a rule by clicking the Delete button.
   Based on their usage the Application Rules are categorized as follows:

   • Execution Rule: These are Business Logic executed as Tasks by an Activity.
   • Decision Rule: This rule returns the Boolean value “True/False”, used in decision making during split/branching of transition.
   • Selection Rule: This rule fetches some value, useful to get value dynamically from a table or other source.
   For example, select v_created_by from fct_expenses where id=101
   Following are the available Application Rules:

   • SQL Application Rule
   • Stored Procedure Application Rule
   • Function Application Rule
   • Java Application Rule
   • Java External API Application Rule
   • Outcome Rules Application Rule
   • Expression Application Rule
   • Rest Service Application Rule
   • Attribute Expression Application Rule
   • Advanced Attribute Expression Application Rule
   • JSON Path Expression Application Rule
   • JSON Read From DB Application Rule
   • JSON Write To DB Application Rule