Declare Trigger rulesCompleting the Create, Save As, or Specialization form

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Declare Trigger rules Completing the Create, Save As, or Specialization form
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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:

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

Create a Declare Trigger rule by selecting Declare Trigger from the Decision category.

Key parts:

A Declare Trigger rule has two key parts:

Field

Description

Apply to

Select a class for this rule. At runtime, a clipboard page of this class must be a top-level page. The properties to be watched may be in this class (or in the class of an embedded page).

You cannot use a Rule-Declare-* class or any ancestor of the Rule-Declare- class (including @baseclass) here. You cannot use a class derived from the Code- or Embed- class here.

Identifier

Enter a name for this trigger rule. Begin the name with a letter, and use only letters, numbers, the ampersand character, and hyphens.

No other rules explicitly reference this Apply to value. However, because of normal class inheritance, a Declare Trigger rule named NewGoldCard at one level in the class structure may override (and so prevent execution of) a Declare Trigger rule named NewGoldCard at a higher level in the class structure.

Rule resolution

When searching for rules of this type, the system:

Filters candidate rules based on a requestor's ruleset list of rulesets and versions
Searches through ancestor classes in the class hierarchy for candidates when no matching rule is found in the starting class

Time-qualified and circumstance-qualified rule resolution features are not available for this rule type.

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