All rule types include the options below to control the types of sites where they are effective and should execute:
Setting name |
Description |
|---|---|
Effective on administration site |
If checked, the rule will run on the administration site, which is used for testing purposes. |
Effective on production site |
If checked, the rule will run on the production site, which is used for creating quotes and orders. |
Rule effectivity is typically used when modeling new options that have not yet been released for a product. It can be applied in the scenarios described below.
Hide or disable new values of a lookup parameter in the production site
This is achieved by adding a disallowed combination rule containing only a single lookup parameter, with the new values selected as disallowed. This rule should only be configured to be effective on the production site.
Hide new parameters in the production site
New parameters that should not yet be visible when creating quotes and orders can be excluded using a single inclusion rule that has no triggering parameters. This rule should only be configured to be effective on the production site.
If the introduction of new parameters requires complex logic to control when they are included or excluded, a better strategy is to place the new parameters on a specific tab. This tab can then be restricted to the administration site by using the InAdminSite() expression function as its inclusion expression.
Remarks
It is good practice to mark these types of rules with a specific rule category, such as "Temporary", to easily track rules that should be removed once the changes are officially released.
