SA Business Rule Setup field descriptions

The fields are listed alphabetically within each section.

Search

Category: Specify a category to show only business rules created for a specific category. Select Show All to show all business rules, regardless of category.
Direction: Select Inbound or Outbound to limit the search results. Select Show All to show all business rules, regardless of direction.
Document Handler: Specify a Document Handler program to limit the search results to a specific process type, such as edi or sxapi.
Level: Select a level to limit the search results to rules assigned to a specific level.
Node Name: The node name is case sensitive. If you search for a business rule with a specific node name, ensure the you specify the appropriate upper and lower case letters.
Rule: Select a specific rule to limit the search results. The rule descriptions are predefined for most templates.

Company: If the rule was created for a specific company, the company is displayed.
Company Wide: This option is displayed if the rule was created for a specific company.
Global: This option is displayed if the business rule was created as a cross-company rule.

Customer or Vendor: The customer or vendor number displays if the business rule was created for a transaction exchanged with a specific customer or vendor.

Attribute Name: The attribute is a value used by the business rule and is specified in the template in SA Table Code Value Setup-Business Rule. Attribute names are not used with business rules set up for Electronic Transaction Control Center.
Direction: The direction defined in the business rules template is selected.
Document Handler: The process type for the business rule, for example, config, edi, or sxapi, etc.
Node Name: The node name is a case sensitive value from the business rule template.
Rule Type: The rule type from the business rule template is displayed.
Rule Value: Each business rule has different valid values, most often this is Yes or No. The valid values are usually described in the Extended Description for each predefined template. When you later define specific rules based on this template, you can change the value.

The extended description from the business rules template is displayed. You can modify it, if necessary.

Category: The category is defined in SA Table Code Value Setup-Business Rule to further describe types of rules, so you can better filter the different business rules when defining them in SA Business Rule Setup. It cannot be changed. Multiple categories are separated by a comma.