Constraining Behavior
Once the Structure and Controls steps have been completed, you have set up a fully functional Guided Selling Process. The step Constraints will now allow you to add Filtering BRC to the Guided Selling Process.
Cross Reference: For more details please check Business Rules and Constraints (BRC)
Constrain the model
In order to apply Filtering BRC, you will first need to decide where the BRC needs to be attached to.
Indeed, whereas a domain BRC is attached to a form property, a filter BRC has to be attached to a Form or to a Guided Selling Process.
The Filtering BRC has to be attached to the Form or Guided Selling Process which is the lowest common denominator between the form properties which are involved in it, excluding external CPE.
The table ‘Constraints overview’ shows all the constraints positioned on the selected node in the explorer:
| COLUMN | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| CPE | This column holds the CPE. In order to modify a cell, drag & drop a new CPE on it or open the CPE builder in order to change the current CPE. |
| Type | The type is normally automatically deducted, but in some cases it is to be specified by the user. |
| Other columns | Any other columns will be manually added by adding BRC Columns. |
How to position filtering BRCs
How to:
- [Via the ‘Explore Structure’ explorer]
- Select the object to which you want to associate the BRC. Remember: this is normally the lowest common denominator between the variables involved in the BRC.
- --> Once you’ve selected an object, a table for that object will appear in the working area.
- Add a CPE by either one of the following possibilities:
- [Using the “Explore CPE” explorer]
- Click on the “Explore CPE’s” explorer tab.
- Drag and drop each CPE that is involved in the BRC to an empty table row in the working area.
- --> Each time a CPE is dropped on an empty line, a new empty line is created in the table
- [Using the CPE Builder]
- Click on the ‘Constraints overview’ table cell to which you would like to add a CPE
- [In the popup]
- Use the combobox in order to sequentially construct the CPE and validate the CPE by clicking on OK.
- [Using the “Explore CPE” explorer]
- Add all the CPE involved in the constraint.
- Check the type of each CPE that has been added to the table.
- Add a BRC using the column-based method and associate the CPE to this BRC.
- Save