available rule

Available rules are visible to rule resolution processing and can be executed.

Not Available

Set to value to Not Available to cause the rule to become invisible to the rule resolution algorithm for all users (including yourself), and to bypass validation of non-key fields. The Not Available setting is useful in experimentation and troubleshooting to assess the effect of two rule versions.

Set the value to Blocked if you want rule resolution processing to halt (with no rule found) when it encounters this rule.

This is a stronger form of Draft, because it affects all lower-numbered versions of the rule, and versions (in other RuleSets) that are below this version in the user's RuleSet list. A blocked rule does not prevent rule resolution from finding (and running) higher-numbered versions in the same RuleSet, or finding rules with the same visible key in a different RuleSet that is higher on the RuleSet list.

Set this value to Final if you want this rule to be available (equivalent to Available), but want to prevent others from overriding this rule in any other RuleSet.

A final rule can be superceded by a higher-numbered version in the same RuleSet, but not by any version in any different RuleSet.

Withdrawn

Set this value to Withdrawn so that the rule is never selected by rule resolution. In addition, a withdrawn rule masks from rule resolution any other rules which meet all of these tests:

• The other rule belongs to the same RuleSet
• The other rule belongs to the same major version of the RuleSet, but a lower minor version or lower patch version
• The other rule has the same Applies To class (if relevant and other key parts match)
• If circumstance-qualified, is qualified with the same circumstance type and value.