Activities - Completing the New or Save As form

An activity rule has two key parts.

Field	Description
Type	Select `Activity` from the `Technical` category.
Applies To	Identify the class that this rule applies to. If your activity is to be used in a flow rule, identify a work type (the Work- class or a class derived from the Work- base class). The classes you can enter here may depend on the RuleSet you select. On the Restrictions tab of the Class form, a class rule may limit rules applying to that class to belong to one of an explicit list of RuleSets.
Activity Name	Enter a name for this activity, starting with a letter and containing only alphanumeric and dash characters. Choose a name that is unique within the Applies To class. The name must be a valid identifier; see How to enter identifiers. The length of the class name plus the length of the Activity Name cannot exceed 128 bytes.
Template
Use Template	Optional. To speed the completion of the form in special cases, you may choose one of these template activities to copy as a starting point: `Locate` — Sets the Activity Type. `OnChange` — Sets the Activity Type and adds a Property-Set method. `Route` — Sets the Activity Type and adds three Property-Set steps. `Trigger` — Sets the Activity Type. `Utility` — Sets the Activity Type and a Property-Set step.

For general information about this form see Completing the new rule dialog box. For general information on the Save As form, see How to enter rule keys using Save As.

Full rule resolution applies to activity rules. When searching for activity rules, the system:

Filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list of RuleSets and versions
Searches through ancestor classes in the class hierarchy for candidates when no matching rule is found in the starting class
Finds circumstance-qualified rules that override base rules
Finds time-qualified rules that override base rules

Activities Completing the New or Save As form