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| <mainDescription><a id="XE_rule__life_cycle" name="XE_rule__life_cycle"></a> 
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt">
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In the state diagram below the following
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| abbreviations are used:</span>
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| <span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Rule Writer or Rule Author is the end user of the
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| BRMS application</span>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Rule Admin is an administrator of the rule
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| set.</span>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Rule Tester can be an automatic process or a
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| human.</span>
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| </p><br class="MsoNormal"
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><img height="382" alt=""
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| src="./../images/rule_life_cycle.gif" width="409" /></span>
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| </p><br class="MsoNormal"
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| style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" />
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| <br />
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span lang="EN"
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| style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN">Some complementary
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| guidelines:</span></span>
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| </p>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">When a rule is created its status is new</span>
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| </p>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A rule once promoted could not be deleted.<span
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| style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span></span>
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| </p>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A rule can be set active or inactive at any
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| state, by using the inactive property</span>
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| </p>
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| <span
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| style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span
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| style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span
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| style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>
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| <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">From this life cycle it is important to note that
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| once a rule is promoted the user could not update it. He needs to create a new rule by copy and paste and restart the
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| life cycle up to Validated. Once the rule is ready for deployment a rule administrator will retired the first rule and
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| promote the new one. This is important to follow this process to maintain the integrity of the rule set.</span>
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| </p><br class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" />
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| <br />
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| <p class="ISISGuidance" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
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| <span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is a common requirement that may need to
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| be supported to enhance the rule life cycle: “During its life cycle a rule can be deployed only to a specific Test
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| Decision Service, before going to production”.</span>
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| </p><br class="MsoNormal"
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