Rule Lifecycle

The Rule policy controls the lifecycle of rules and resources for products and features.

Note: Configuration rules have a separate lifecycle.

The Rule lifecycle includes these states:

This page discusses:

Preliminary

A rule is created in the Preliminary state. A user can create a rule only if the feature or product is not in the equivalent of the Release or Obsolete states. If the feature or product is in either of these states, the command to create a rule will not be available on the summary page for that rule.

Release

If a rule is in the Release state, connected features cannot be deleted. When the feature or product is demoted from the Release state to the Preliminary state, a trigger fires, demoting the connected rules to the Preliminary state.