Business Phrases Tab

5.51 Business Phrases Tab

Use the Business Phrases tab to view, create, and modify business phrases in your rules project.

Note that the Business Phrases tab is not displayed if Business Process Management is not installed.

The Business Phrases tab is arranged in the following sections:

Phrase list

Use the Phrase list to view and select business phrases included in the dictionary.

To cut, copy and paste, you can right-click on a business phrase, and select the appropriate action from the pop-up menu.

Element	Description
Search	Enter text to search business phrases on. The list of business phrases is filtered according to the search term.
Clear	Click the red x to clear the search term.
Refresh	Click to refresh the list of business phrases.
Create	Click to add a new business phrase. The Add button includes a dropdown. Choices include: Test Business Phrase - add a business phrase to be used in the IF portion of a verbal rule Action Business Phrase - add a business phrase to be used in the THEN portion of a verbal rule
Delete	Deletes the currently selected business phrase.
Business phrase list	Lists the business phrases included in the dictionary. Click a business phrase to display its details in the other Business Phrase panels. Information displayed for each business phrase in the list includes: Value Form - Test Business Phrase or Action Business Phrase Draft - select to mark the Business Phrase as a draft. No validation is done on draft business phrases. Sort the list by clicking on the column titles. Click a business phrase to select it and display its details.

Parameters

Use the Parameters section of the Business Phrases tab to view and edit parameters included in the selected business phrase.

Element	Description
Insert	Click to insert the currently selected parameter into the Value field for the currently selected business phrase.
Create	Click to add a parameter. A new parameter is shown in the list The add parameter button includes a dropdown. Choices include: Value Variable Expression
Delete	Click to delete the currently selected parameter.
Parameter list	Parameters are displayed in a table with the following columns: Name Form Type Value Set Sort the list by clicking on the column titles. Click a parameter to select it. Controls are displayed to allow editing of the parameter as follows:
Parameter columns	Edit parameter values directly from the columns in the list: Name - text box for the parameter name. Double-click to edit. Form - choose from Value, Variable, Expression Type - choices change depending on the setting of Form. Value: standard data types, Variable: variables defined in the dictionary, Expression: mixture of standard data types and variables Value Set - choices change depending on the setting of Parameter Type. If there are no value sets, the dropdown appears empty

Value

Use the Value section of the Business Phrases tab to specify the definition of the business phrase. Add a parameter to the definition by selecting it in the Parameters list and clicking Insert.

Element	Description
Value	Enter text to define the business phrase.
Edit Translation Bundles	Click to edit translations for the phrase. The Bundle Editor dialog box is displayed.

Mapping

Use the Mapping section of the Business Phrases tab to view and edit the mapping for the selected business phrase. The mapping provides the logical definition of the business phrase.

Create and modify the mapping interactively by clicking on the placeholders in the mapping definition. Tests being with <insert test>. Actions begin with <insert action>.

For example, a new mapping for an action business phrase displays <insert action>. Click to select an action, such as assign. An assignment statement appears with placeholders <target> and <expression>. Click each of these to define the assignment.

Element	Description
Value	Enter text to define the business phrase.
Edit Translation Bundles	Click to edit translations for the phrase. The Bundle Editor dialog box is displayed.