Workspace Node: Rules - Specifications Tab

The Rules workspace node can be accessed from the Feature Finder, ribbon bar, or Node Browser. Double-click the node to display the specifications dialog box.

Rules.

Element Name Description
Embedded / Edit When this option button is selected, rules are defined in this node. Click the adjacent Edit button to display the Rules Builder dialog box, where you can define new rules. Instead of defining new rules, you can click the Open button to import rules from other Rules Builder objects.
Linked / Edit Select this option button and click the adjacent Edit button to display the Import Rules dialog box, where you can specify to use rules from other Rules Builder objects that were previously saved in Enterprise Manager or saved in files. When you use rules from another Rules Builder object, you can either Link to the rules in the other object, or you can make a Copy of those rules for the current Rules node (see the options in the Import Type group box). When you select the Link option button and a rule changes in the other Rules object, that change will automatically be reflected in the current node.

Select this option button and click the adjacent Edit button to display the Import Rules dialog box, where you can specify to use rules from other Rules Builder objects that were previously saved in Enterprise Manager or saved in files. When you use rules from another Rules Builder object, you can either Link to the rules in the other object, or you can make a Copy of those rules for the current Rules node (see the options in the Import Type group box). When you select the Link option button and a rule changes in the other Rules object, that change will automatically be reflected in the current node.

Input Variables To Copy Click this button to display a standard variable selection dialog box, where you can select variables from the Rules Builder data source to be copied directly into the output.
Output a spreadsheet for downstream analysis Select this check box to specify that the output from this Rules node will be available for input to subsequent nodes in the Workspace.
Output a spreadsheet Select this check box to place the output from this Rules node into a spreadsheet in the Reporting Documents node after running (updating) the project, but that spreadsheet will not be available for input to other nodes in the workspace.
Output a Rules Summary Report Select this check box to create a report containing a description of how all the rules in the node were evaluated.
Generate Trace Workbook Select this check box to create spreadsheets of conditional results for each possible result of the If(), Then(), Else functions.
Generate Trace XML When this check box is selected, an XML form of the rules to be generated when you run the node will be placed in a STATISTICA Report, and the output will go to the node’s output workbook.
Generate Rules XML When this check box is selected, the results will be the same as the Generate Trace XML option (see above), but will include annotations in the XML indicating which rules were actually executed during the run.
Treat Missing Data as Error / Output Error variable These two options work together. You can have the Rules node flag missing data as an error. Then, an output variable can be generated that shows which cases have such missing data errors.
Max Error Count Enter the maximum number of errors that the Rules node will tolerate at run time. Execution will stop when this maximum is reached.
Options See Common Options.
OK Click the OK button to accept all the specifications made in the dialog box and to close it. The results are placed in the Reporting Documents node after running (updating) the project.

See also, Home tab.