Using a withdrawn rule to move a rule into a different Applies To class

You can use the Withdrawn setting to move a rule from one Applies To class to another that is an ancestor class in the class hierarchy. This is possible even if the RuleSet version containing the rule to be moved is locked.

For example, assume that you decide the rule AlphaCorp-Finance-Payables-Overseas.ExciseTax (in RuleSet Alpha:02-01-07) has broader use than that implied by the Applies To class, and properly belongs to AlphaCorp-Finance-, an ancestor class.

In some cases, you can delete the original rule and retype it from scratch with the new Applies To class, but this is not ossible if the original rule belongs to a locked ruleset version. To move the rule to the new Applies To class:

1. Open the rule to be moved.
2. Use the Save As toolbar button to copy the rule into Alpha:02-01-08, a higher version.
3. Set the Availability of the copy to Withdrawn.
4. Use the Save As toolbar button again to copy the rule into the new Applies To class. Set the Availability of this copy to Yes.

The AlphaCorp-Finance-Payables.Overseas rule is now never selected by rule resolution, but every user who formerly accessed the AlphaCorp-Finance-Payables.Overseas rule now can execute the AlphaCorp-Finance- copy (unless rule resolution finds another rule earlier).

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