RuleSet form
Completing the Category tab

Field

Description

Select to indicate which of four categories this RuleSet belongs to. Your selection affects where this RuleSet can appear in a requestor's RuleSet list, and how rule resolution finds the rules in the RuleSet.

• Standard — A "normal" RuleSet that can contain all types of rules. (All RuleSets created in V5.3 and earlier belong to this category.)
• Component — A restricted RuleSet designed to encapsulate functional or capabilities that operate on embedded pages only. Rules in a component RuleSet are designed and intended for reuse in multiple systems and applications. See component RuleSet for the restrictions.
• Shared — A restricted RuleSet designed for reuse that operates on top-level pages only. See shared RuleSet for the restrictions.
• Override — An unrestricted RuleSet that can contain all types of rules. See override RuleSet for benefits and motivation.
• Pega — A standard RuleSet supplied by Pegasystems. Reserved.

The category determines where versions of this RuleSet can appear on the Definition tab of the Application form, and so affects requestor RuleSet lists and rule resolution. See How the system assembles and uses your RuleSet list.

Choose this value carefully. You can't change the Type of an Override to any other value after you save the RuleSet form. Although you can change RuleSets of Types other than Override later, Process Commander does not then check whether existing rules in the RuleSet meet the restrictions of the Shared or Component categories.

Don't confuse RuleSets with a Type of Standard — which you can create using this form and tab — with the standard RuleSets, the Pegasystems-supplied RuleSets named Pega-ZZZZZ which define Process Commander.

These optional fields appear only when the RuleSet Type field is Component. In most cases, accept the values provided by the Component Accelerator.

Optional. Identify a Page-mode property that is to be available to both the primary (calling) application and the component RuleSet. This provides communication between the primary application and the component application.

Optional. Identify a clipboard page name that is accessed (read, updated, or both) by the component, to pass values to and from the calling application.

Optional. Identify the class of the page.