How Rules Are Evaluated and Rule-Fired Records

By default, the condition expressions for all rules in a rule set are evaluated sequentially regardless of the results of previous rules. However, you can use the ELSE and OR operators to control whether the condition expression for a rule is evaluated. See Controlling Which Conditions Are Evaluated for more information.

If a rule’s condition expression evaluates to True, SAS Business Rules Manager executes the rule’s action expression.

If a rule’s condition evaluates to True, the rule is said to have fired.

By default, every time a rule fires, it generates a rule-fired record. However, you can control when rule-fired records are generated by using the Record rule-fired data check box. See Step 7 of Add a New Rule.