68 Prioritizing Active Rules and Managing Rules

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An important aspect of managing rules is to enable them for the connector and prioritize them in order of execution. The order can determine how the connector distributes content items among the target asset types in a synchronization session. For more information about prioritization, see “Connector Rules” in Administering Oracle WebCenter Sites.

You can complete other operations, such as editing, deleting, and adding rules in the same form you use to enable and prioritize rules.

To prioritize and otherwise manage rules:

1. From the Connector Admin tab, select Rules to open the Connector Rules form.

2. To prioritize rules for the connector, continue with this step (otherwise, skip to step 3 for descriptions of all the rule management options, such as editing and deleting, in the Connector Rules form):

   1. Ensure that the rules you want to prioritize have their Enabled check box selected.

   2. Click the Move Up or Move Down arrows to change the rule order. Enabled rules are executed by the connector in the arranged order. If a content item matches one active rule, the content item is synchronized according to that one rule. All other rules for synchronizing that content item are ignored.

   3. Click Save.

3. To perform any of the possible operations listed on the Connector Rule form, see the list below for descriptions of your options:

   • Click the Edit icon (pencil) of a rule to edit that rule. The rules wizard opens. For information about configuring rules, see “Creating an Active Rule” in Administering Oracle WebCenter Sites.

   • Click the Delete icon (trash can) of a rule to delete that rule.

   • Click the Move Up or Move Down arrows to change the rule order. Enabled rules are executed during connector polling in the arranged order. If a content item matches one active rule, it is synchronized according to that one rule. All other rules for processing that content item are ignored.

   • Select or deselect the Enabled option of a rule to enable or disable that rule. Click Save after making any changes.

     Note:

     • If a rule is disabled, that rule and its matching content items are ignored by the connector when it runs.

     • If an active rule is executed and then disabled (or deleted), content items imported according to that rule remain in WebCenter Sites.

   • In the Name column, click the rule name to view or edit that rule. The rules wizard opens.

   • The Description column provides the rule description. This description is defined when you create a rule.

   • Click Add New Rule to add a new rule. The rules wizard opens.

   • Click Save to save any changes, such as enabling or disabling a rule.

4. After you have optimized, enabled, and prioritized your active rules, continue to Manually Running the Connector.