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Application rules

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Use application rules to define an ordered set of rulesets and versions that together identify the parts of a Pega Platform application. In addition, application rules relate the application's objectives, specifications, and actors to objects created as part of the Direct Capture of Objectives.

You can view and edit many application rule settings on the Application Overview landing page.

Where referenced

Access groups can reference application rules. In addition, application rules can reference other application rules.

Access

Use the Records Explorer to list all the application rules that are available to you.

Category

Application rules part of the Application Definition category. An application rule is an instance of the Rule-Application class.

About the Description field (label)

Enter a unique, meaningful name for the Description field. If users have access to more than one version of an application, include a version number in this field or other identifying text.

In Designer Studio, the text in the Description field is displayed as the current application on the Application menu and the Switch Application list.