Setting up Rule Data Sets

Rule Data Sets are used to define tables of allowable data, or valid combinations of codes, that SunSystems can refer to whilst data is entered.

For example, in Ledger Entry (LEN), you might want to restrict the Product codes allowed, depending on the specific Cost Centre entered. You can define a table of the valid combinations of Cost Centre and Product code in a Rule Data Set.

Rule Data Sets are used in conjunction with Rule Data Set Keys to maintain indexed lists of valid combinations of data item values. These Rule Data Sets are then referenced in Rule Sets as a simple method of referring to, and checking for, valid code combinations.

Rule data sets are defined using Rule Data Sets (RDS) and rule data set keys are defined using Rule Data Set Keys (RDK). A Rule Data Set Key must first be created in order to create a Rule Data Set.