Product Patch rules
Completing the Create, Save As or Specialization form

Records can be created in various ways. You can add a new record to your application or copy an existing one. You can specialize existing rules by creating a copy in a specific ruleset, against a different class or (in some cases) with a set of circumstance definitions. You may copy data instances but they do not support specialization as they are not versioned.

Based on your use case, the Create, Save As or Specialization form is used to create the record. The number of fields and available options vary by record type. Start by familiarizing yourself with the generic layout of these forms and their common fields:

• Completing the Create form
• Completing the Save As form
• Completing the Specialization form

This help topic then identifies the key parts and options that are applicable to the record type you are creating.

Create a product patch rule by selecting Product Patch from the SysAdmin category.

Key parts:

A product patch rule has three key parts. In the first two key parts (Product Name and Product Version), identify the existing product rule to which this patch applies:

NOTE: Choose the RuleSet and version into which you place the new product rule carefully. Its direct or indirect prerequisites, listed in the Requires RuleSets and Versions list, must include the RuleSets and versions to be included in the product.

Rule resolution

Product patch rules not ordinarily referenced in other rules. However rule resolution does apply. When searching for a product patch rule, the system:

• Filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list of RuleSets and versions
• Finds circumstance-qualified rules that override base rules with the same key

Time-qualified resolution features are not available for product patch rules.

About Product Patch rules