The Discovery Center allows you to modify multiple business rules at once.
When modifying multiple rules, you can edit the following properties:
- Description
- Enabled
- Failing Rows Returned
- Priority
- Rule Name
- Threshold
The topic describes how to edit non-library rules only. To edit multiple library
rules, see Modifying Multiple Library Rules.
To modify multiple business
rules
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In the Rules Search Results view, go to the Rules Results tab.
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Select one or more non-library business rules. To select a rule, click the check
box, or anywhere in the row, to highlight it. To select multiple rules, press the
Ctrl or Shift key and click the rows you want to modify. To select
all rows on a page, click Select Page.
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Click Edit. The Edit Rules panel opens (if not already open). If one or more
of the rules are library rules, a message opens alerting you that you must edit them
in the library. Click Go to the library to open the library and edit the rules
using the following steps or OK to close the message.
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In the Edit Rules panel, from the left drop-down list, select one of the
following properties: Description, Enabled, Failing Rows
Returned, Priority, Rule Name, or Threshold.
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In the to field, enter or select the updated value using the following
guidelines:
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Description: Enter text changes as appropriate.
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Enabled: Select no (default) or yes.
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Failing Rows Returned. Click the drop-down list and select Default
(10,000 rows), Custom, or Unlimited. For Custom, specify the maximum
failing rows returned by typing a numeric value. For more information, see Maximum Failing
Rows Returned.
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Priority: Select a rule priority from the drop-down list.
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Rule Name: You can duplicate a business rule name if the name belongs to a
different data source or the name belongs to a different library rule and is
unique within the library. Otherwise, you will see the following message:
A business rule already exists with the name specified.
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Threshold: Enter a numeric value up to two decimal places (for example,
92.78).
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To make changes to additional properties, click the add criteria icon ().
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To remove the change you made, click the remove criteria icon ().
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Click Apply Changes. One of the following happens:
- A Confirmation message opens. Click OK to close the message. The Rules
Results tab of the Rules Search Results view refreshes to show the updated
values.
- An Incomplete Action message opens alerting you that one or more rules are in
the library and cannot be edited in this view. Non-library rules were successfully
changed. Click Go to the library to open the library and edit the rule(s)
or OK to close the message.
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To edit more rules, select the rules to edit, and click Edit to open (or
make active) the Edit Rules panel.