Add a Simple Business Rule

Simple Business Rules

With Platform Configuration, you can create a simple business rule. A simple business rule is a business rule with values that consist of codes and descriptions only.

When you add a simple business rule, you can create a field in Platform Configuration that has a pre-determined drop-down list of values.

For example, you may want to create a T-shirt field with pre-determined sizes. You create a business rule with the shirt sizes and then create the field using that business rule in Platform Configuration.

Add a New Simple Business Rule

Before a business rule can be associated with a field, the business rule must be added in UKG Pro.

Navigation:Menu > System Configuration > Business Rules

  1. From the Business Rules page, expand the Actions drop-down list and select Add Business Rule.
    Note By default, the permission to add a simple business rule is delivered off in Role Administration. If your role has been given access to add a simple business rule, the Actions drop-down list appears at the top of the Business Rules page.
    Image of Business Rules drop-down menu selection.
  2. Select OK. The Business Rules page appears.
  3. Enter the business rule name and description.
  4. Select Save.

    Once your business rule is created, the rule does not appear on the Business Rules page until its business rule access permissions have been granted for your role.

Enable Permissions for a Business Rule

When the View and Edit permissions have been enabled for a business rule, users in the role are able to add values to the business rule.

Navigation:Menu > System Configuration > Security > Role Administration

  1. From the Role Administration page, search for the applicable role.
  2. Select the role.
  3. Select Business Rule Access Rights.
  4. Select the View and Edit check boxes, as needed.
    Image of Business Rules Access Rights and rule example.
  5. Select Save.

    Users in the role can now see the business rule on their Business Rules page.

Add Values to the Business Rule

Users in the applicable role can add values to the business rule when the View and Edit permissions have been enabled.

Navigation:Menu > System Configuration > Business Rules

  1. From the Business Rules page, search for the applicable business rule.
  2. Select the applicable business rule.
  3. Select Add to add codes and descriptions. The Add Record page displays.
    Image of the Add option within example of Business Rule values.
  4. Enter codes and descriptions as needed. The descriptions are the values that appear in the field’s drop-down list.
  5. Select Add.
  6. Select Save.

Create a New Field in Platform Configuration

After you create a business rule, you can create a new field in Platform Configuration.

Navigation:Menu > System Configuration > Platform Configuration > Classes

  1. From the Classes page, select the applicable class for your field.
  2. Select Create Configured Field.
    Image of the Create Configured Field selection.
  3. Select Create.
  4. Enter a field name, label, and description in the field editor.
  5. From the Field Type drop-down list, select Business Rule.
  6. From the Business Rule Type drop-down list, select the applicable business rule.
  7. Select Save.

    You now have a newly configured field that uses the new simple business rule. The field can be enabled in the page’s data service and added to a page.

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