BUSINESS RULES USER INTERFACE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTABLE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

摘要

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interacting with a user to define business rules in a declarative manner. A rule set is displayed (FIG. 6) as an editable list of conditions (606) and an editable list of actions (608), the conditions and actions being linked to each other by the combination of an editable list of if-values (612) and an editable list of then-values (614). If-values and then-values are explicitly linked to each other, conditions and if-values are explicitly linked to each other, and then-values and actions are explicitly linked to each other in the displayed lists. Inputs can be received from a user editing one or more of the editable lists. In particular implementations, the editable lists are displayed in a matrix structure of four quadrants (606, 608, 612, 614). Adjacency of if-values and then-values is used to represent a rule.