DSXchange

Hi, everyone.

From the 8.1.2 User Guide:

Managed - Each data rule has a defined state, such as draft or accepted, so you can identify the status of each rule.

A data rule or rule definition can have a Status of:
- Draft
- Candidate
- Accepted
- Deprecated
- Rejected

A rule or rule definition starts out as Draft. Eventually it becomes Candidate. These two seem to set automatically by IA. What about the others? It appears some need to be set manually.

What is the best practice on using the Status field? What is its impact on the running of the rule? I tested it and so far have seen no effect - rules run regardless of the value set in Status.

The same set of status values can apply to a term in Business Glossary.

Draft indicates that it's still a suggestion, in some sense still in a "development" state.

Candidate indicates that it's been submitted for approval but not yet been accepted or rejected.

Accepted means that this rule or term has been through some kind of internal business process to determine its aptness and fitness for use, and found to be suitable (in some sense eligible to be used in "production").

Rejected means that a candidate has not been found to be suitable (in some sense "back to the drawing board with it").

Deprecated means what it conventionally means; this rule or term has been replaced by something else, and has been preserved because it is still in use somewhere in the system.

You are correct that Status does not affect whether or not the rule can be used (though have you tried a Rejected rule?). It's purely documentation.

Thanks, Ray.