Exploring the Rule Applications Module

irCatalog Manager provides access to the revision history of all rule application stored in irCatalog. From irCatalog Manager, it is possible to view every revision that has been made to the rule application and manipulate the labels assigned to various revisions.

Under the rule applications module, you can see the latest revision information for all of the rule applications in the catalog.

Name

The rule application name.

Revision

The latest revision number of the rule application. If there are comments on the latest revision, a message box icon will be displayed. Hover over the message icon to see the comment text.

Labels

Labels assigned to the latest revision.

Checked in by

The user who modified/checked in the latest revision.

Checked in

The date the latest revision was modified/checked in.

Check outs by

A list of users with any portion of the rule application currently checked-out.

To view details of a specific Rule Application

Click the link of the rule application name to be taken to the individual rule application page. Here you you can see the details for a specific rule application.

From this view, you can view details about each rule application revision and the details about any current check-outs for the rule application.

To Deactivate / Activate a Rule Application

To deactivate a rule application, navigate to the specific rule application page by clicking on the rule application name link. Then, click the "Deactivate" button. A deactivated rule application will remain in irCatalog but cannot be authored or executed until it is reactivated. A deactivated rule application can also not be promoted or assigned labels. Deactivated rule applications will display with the text "(Inactive)" after the name in irCatalog Manager.

A rule application can be reactivated via irAuthor's "Maintain" button on the Catalog tab or via the irCatalog Manager Website. To reactivate a rule application via irCatalog Manager, navigate to the inactive rule application by clicking on the rule application name link. Then click the "Activate" button.

To Delete a Rule Application

To delete a rule application, navigate to the specific rule application page by clicking on the rule application name link. Then, click the "Delete" button. Deleting a rule application will permanently remove every revision of the rule application from irCatalog.

To Undo a Check-Out

To undo a check-out, navigate to the specific rule application page by clicking on the rule application name link. Then, click the "Undo Check-out" button. A list of options will be presented, including the ability to undo all check-outs on the rule application.

To Assign a Label

To assign a label, navigate to the specific revision of a rule application by clicking the revision number link on the individual rule application page. 

Then click the "Assign Label" button. You can assign an existing label or create a new label.

A label can only be assigned to one revision for a given rule application. For example, if you have the "Prod" label assigned to Revision 2, and then you assign that same label to Revision 3, assigning it to Revision 3 will remove that label from Revision 2.

To Delete Revisions

To delete revisions, navigate to the specific revision of a rule application by clicking the revision number link on the individual rule application page. Then click the "Delete" button and choose the desired option from the drop down menu.

• This Revision - This option is only available for the latest revision of a rule application. In addition, it will only be available if the rule application has more than one revision. This option permanently removes the latest revision from irCatalog.
• All Previous Revisions - This options removes all revisions up to but not including the current revision from which you're executing the command.

To Promote a Rule Application

For details on the promotion process, see the Promoting Rule Applications topic.

To Rename or Remove a Label

To rename or remove a label, navigate to the specific revision of a rule application by clicking the revision number link on the individual rule application page. Then click on the label.

To remove the label from the rule application, click the Remove button. If the label is not assigned to any other rule applications, it will be deleted.

To rename the label, enter the new name in the text box and click the Rename button. The label will be renamed for this and any other rule applications to which it is assigned.