Ordering rules and execution groups

You order rules within execution groups the same way you order execution groups within rule groups. The value in the Order column determines the sequence in which the rules run.

The number assigned to each rule in the Order column on the Execution Group Details page determines the order in which it runs within an execution group. Similarly, the number assigned to each execution group in the Order column on the Rule Groups Detail page determines the order in which it runs within a rule group. The rules or execution groups then run in the numerical order specified by the Order column. By default, the order IDs are in multiples of 100.

For example, in DEFAULT COPY ACTUALS EXEC GROUP, the three default rules have the following values in the Order column:

Rule Value in the Order Column
UPDATE PAYROLL TREND DATA 100
COPY ACTUALS AGGREGATION 200
AGGREGATE TREND SOURCE 300
  • If you add a new rule that should run after all other rules, set the order ID to 100 more than the order ID of the last rule. For example, if the order ID of the last rule on the Execution Group Details page is 1400, then the order ID of the new rule should be 1500.
  • Set the order for a rule that should run in between other rules to a number in between the order ID of those rules. For example, if the order ID of Rule A is 900 and the order ID of Rule B is 1000, and the new rule should run in between them, then set its order ID to 950.