Changing rule availability

To change the availability setting of a rule, do the following.

1. Click the Availability link on the rule header. You might need to check out the rule first. A dialog box appears.
2. Select an Availability value:
   • Available
   • Not available
   • Blocked
   • Final
   • Withdrawn

3. 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 check 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 might later 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.

4. 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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