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About rule dependencies
In addition to the context item, a rule may reference one or more additional items that contain information the rule needs in order to perform its evaluation or calculation. These items—each in its section, form, and visit—are called dependencies. In fact, the context item is also a rule dependency, thus, every rule has at least one dependency (the key dependency) representing the context item. If the rule script requires other items in addition to the context item, you define additional dependencies pointing to those items. These other items can be in different forms or visits than the context item.
Additionally, an association between two repeating forms can be a dependency of a rule context. When you define an association as a context dependency, the rule runs when a user selects or deselects the check box control that creates or dissolves an association between a specific instance of a repeating form and the other form in the association.
In the InForm Architect application, the key dependency is identified with a key icon:
