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16 Manage Rule Groups
This chapter describes the rule groups concept and the functionality that allows you to create and update the rule groups.
About Rule Groups
A Rule Group is a collection of Product, Location, Source Location and Attribute positions that are used to facilitate your selection process when setting up the supply chain network and replenishment rules. The application works with two types of Rule Groups:
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Setup Rule Group
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Parameters Rule Group
While the Setup rule group is used to set up the supply chain network model (for example, Bill of Distributions, Planning Calendar, and so on.), the Parameter rule group is used to set up the replenishment methods and replenishment parameters (for example, target stock method with a re-order level of 50%). By default, IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment should be configured with at least two rule groups containing all positions. One for Setup and one for Parameters.
Manage Rule Groups Workspace, Steps, and Views
The following table lists the workspaces, steps, and views for the Manage Rule Groups task.
Table 16-1 Manage Rule Groups Workspace, Steps, and Views
| Workspace | Step | Tab | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage Rule Groups Wk | Setup & Publish | Enable & Setup | Enable & Setup View |
| orspace | Statistics View | ||
| Today View | |||
| Product Scope | Product Group Scope View | ||
| Location Scope | Location Group Scope View | ||
| Source Scope | Source Scope View | ||
| Attribute Scope | Attribute Scope View |
Manage Rule Groups Workspace
To build the Manage Rule Groups workspace, perform these steps:
1. From the left sidebar menu, click Task Module to view the available tasks.
Enable & Setup View: Rule Groups - Default Profile Measures
The Enable & Setup view contains the following measures.
Rule Group Manual Filter
This is a checkbox measure that you can select or clear to filter all the views in the workspace by the rule groups selected as manual filters. Only the selected rule groups are available in the workspace. To see all rule groups, all of the rule groups should be cleared. (This is the default behavior).
Rule Group Type
This is a writeable measure used to define the rule group type. Valid values are:
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Setup : The rule group is enabled and its purpose is to be available in the Replenishment Supply Chain Network workspace to set up the supply chain network model.
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Parameters : The rule group is enabled and its purpose is to be available in the Replenishment Rules workspace to set up the replenishment method and parameters.
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_ : Empty space indicates that the rule group is unavailable.
Rule Group User Description
Rule Group User Description is an editable measure used to define an alternative description of the rule group. This Rule Group User Description can be set as a Visible Attribute for the Rule Group hierarchy in all the workspaces where the hierarchy is available.
Last Rule Group Publish User ID
This is a calculated measure used to audit the rule group’s Publish Data button. It is populated with the user ID that last ran the Publish Data button.
Last Rule Group Publish Date
This is a calculated measure used to audit the rule group’s Publish Data button. It is populated with the date and time that last ran the Publish Data button.
Statistics View
The Statistics View , under the Enable & Setup tab , allows you to review how many products, locations, and source locations are in scope and associated with each of the Rule Groups.
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