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Declarative Network displayThe Declarative Network display conveys relationships among properties that are computed by Declare Expression rules in the selected application. You can review relationships that depend on forward chaining or backward chaining. By interacting with the Declarative Network display, you quickly can access the Declare Expression rules and the property rules it references.

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For a property that applies to a work type in an application:

  1. Establish the appropriate work pool as current. Select Files > Open > Work Pool > work pool.
  2. Return to the Home page. Click the Policy Decisions button (Decision) to present the Policy Decisions slice.
  3. Select Explorer for the Policy Decisions area to present the Declarative Network Analysis area in the workspace. It contains an icon (zzz) and a name or description for each "terminal" property, grouped by work type. (A terminal property is one that is the target property of Declare Expression rule, but is not also an input property to another Declare Expression rule.)
  4. Identify a property of interest. Click the property name or description.

For any property for which a Declare Expression rule is defined:

  1. Open the property rule.
  2. On the Advanced tab, click  Explore .
  3. In the resulting pop-up window, click the Dependencies tab.

For a property appearing on a work object form:

A work object form may display the value of a computed property. Use these steps to learn the name of the computed property and see the dependency network for that property:

  1. Enable the Rules Inspector, by selecting Run > Rules Inspector > Declarative Rules.
  2. Click the Refresh toolbar button (Refresh) to redisplay the form.
  3. Click the D link next to the property.

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See Using the Declarative Network display.

 zzz Testing Declare Expression rules

Using a different form of the dependency network, you can interactively test the computation it defines. See Unit testing a Declare Expression rule.

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About Property rules
Declarative rules — Concepts and terms

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