Reminder: Rules Operation Principle
Rules apply to HOPEX repository objects. They define checks on these objects and are implemented by:
• tests
• macros.
Rules provided by default are accessible in the MetaStudio navigation window, available only with the HOPEX Supervisor and Studio technical modules.
You can view rules as a function of the regulations or objects to which they apply.
Each regulation enables classification of rules according to a specific context or domain.
You can apply:
• a regulation or a set of regulations by default.
• a regulation to repository objects as and when required.
HOPEX presents a list of regulations that varies depending on products you have available. In MEGA Process, you have for example an organizational type regulation that you can apply by default to check correct sequencing of objects you create.
Displaying check results
Check results are displayed:
• in the properties dialog boxes of objects concerned by the rules currently applied.
• in the diagram drawings that you wish to check. For more information, see the HOPEX Common Features guide.
Rules and check descriptors
Use of rules does not replace the check descriptor mechanism.
For more details about this mechanism, see "Checking Descriptor Validity".Both tools coexist and complement each other.
In fact, in a check descriptor it is possible to request insertion of the rules application report of a regulation on the current object.
The check descriptor:
• determines the set of objects to be included in the check
• defines global formatting of the report
• then for each object browsed, inserts the report or reports on rules application of one or several regulations.
We therefore separate repository browsing (which concern the check descriptor) from the definition of modeling rules.