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Changing rule availability

To change the availability setting of a rule, select the Availability link on the rule header. You might need to check out the rule first. A dialog box appears.

1. Select an Availability value:

`Available`	Makes the rule visible to rule resolution processing (available).
`Not Available`	Causes the rule to skip validation and become invisible to the rule resolution algorithm for everyone (including yourself), and to allow the rule to be saved even when one or more fields on the form are invalid.
`Blocked`	Halts rule resolution processing (with no rule found) when it encounters this rule. The rule form colors change from greens to grays for blocked rules.
`Final`	Make this rule available (equivalent to `Available`), but want to prevent others from overriding this rule in any other ruleset. See final rule.
`Withdrawn`	When you want to make this rule invisible to the rule resolution algorithm for everyone (as with `Not Available`) and also want to hide other rules that match this rule on visible key, RuleSet, major version, and circumstance details but have a lower minor version or patch version. For details and benefits, see withdrawn rule.

2. The Base Rule check box appears if rules of this rule type can be circumstance-qualified or time-qualified, but this rule itself is not qualified. For rules you have created in this system, leave this check box cleared in most cases.

For rules created in V5.2 and later versions, the box is cleared by default, to encourage recommended practices.
For rules created in V5.1 or earlier versions, the check box is selected by default, to preserve past behavior.

Note: Select the Base Rule check box if this rule is (or mightlater become) a base rule for one or more other, qualified rules and you want to enforce a restriction on the ruleset versions that was the normal behavior in V5.1 and earlier releases. When selected, this rule is a base rule only for circumstance-qualified rules that exactly match this rule's ruleset version. That is, circumstance-qualified rules in lower versions are not ever selected by rule resolution.

3. Click Save .

Note: Class, library, ruleset, and ruleset version rules are always available. You cannot change the availability of instances of these rule types.

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