Adding a Business Rule to an Existing Disclosure Note

Click on the Business rule (B.R.) button Personal_Tax_Disclosure_Notes_Add-a-Business-Rule-to-Employer-Note_1.png  to open the Business Rule window:

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Note: The ID number of the business rule is displayed as part of the title.

Click on the Click here to add rule button to add a rule. 

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Click on the Select data item button to open the Find Data window:

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Either double-click on the Data item or select the Data item you want and click on the OK button to return to the Business rules window:

Select the relevant operator and then enter the value to use in the rule:

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Click on the OK button to apply that rule to the disclosure note.  An icon indicates that this disclosure note now has a business rule associated with it:

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NB: You cannot add a business rule to a disclosure note where the Include check  box is ticked or there is a green tick on the Mutually Exclusive Notes (M.E.N.) button.

Adding a Date Field to a Business Rule

Where the Data Item selected is a date then you have the choice of using a Relative date or a Calendar date.  The control defaults to a Relative date:

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To choose a Relative date click on the drop down field:

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To instead choose a Calendar date un-tick the Relative date? check box:

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Enter the date using the calendar control.

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