Checking Existing Program Rules

The PCA allows for checking the Program Rules that are related to every Data Element contained in a Program Stage. The Program Rules are divided into two types: Program Rules acting over this Data Element and Program Rules triggered by this Data Element.

Both sets of Program Rules can be checked inside the Data Element Form that can be accessed from the Edit This Data Element option in the Program Stage Sections view of the PCA (see Image 1).

At the bottom of the Data Element Form, a Program Rule Lists section is displayed if the Data Element participates in at least one Program Rule (see Image 2).

Two Program Rule Lists are displayed (one for each Program Rule Type), and every list displays the amount of Program Rules found, as well as the Program Rule Actions performed across all these rules. Clicking the arrow icon located at the far-right of the list expands it to display the Program Rules (see Image 3).

The list displays the Program Rule Name, Condition and Actions amount for each of the Program Rules. There’s also an arrow icon at the far-right of each Program Rule that expands the item to display all the Program Rule Actions performed by the selected Program Rule (see Image 4).

The expanded item displays a list of Program Rule Actions that also detail the action performed. The icon also changes to ease the distinction between actions.

The most common actions are Assign Value, Make Required and Hide Field, but other types of actions are displayed as well. Depending on the action type, different contents will be displayed (see Image 5).