16.12. Rule Attribute Entries in the Rule Set Area


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Table 16.2. Rule Attribute Entries in the Rule Set Area
Keyword Initial Value
PRIORITY P An integer defining the "salience" value for the rule. Overridden by the "Sequential" flag.
DURATION D A long integer value defining the "duration" value for the rule.
TIMER T A timer definition. See "Timers and Calendars".
CALENDARS E A calendars definition. See "Timers and Calendars".
NO-LOOP U A Boolean value. "true" inhibits looping of rules due to changes made by its consequence.
LOCK-ON-ACTIVE L A Boolean value. "true" inhibits additional activations of all rules with this flag set within the same ruleflow or agenda group.
AUTO-FOCUS F A Boolean value. "true" for a rule within an agenda group causes activations of the rule to automatically give the focus to the group.
ACTIVATION-GROUP X A string identifying an activation (or XOR) group. Only one rule within an activation group will fire, i.e., the first one to fire cancels any existing activations of other rules within the same group.
AGENDA-GROUP G A string identifying an agenda group, which has to be activated by giving it the "focus", which is one way of controlling the flow between groups of rules.
RULEFLOW-GROUP R A string identifying a rule-flow group.
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