In SAS Business Rules Manager, a set of column-order-holding expressions ('._') for any empty condition within the first rule might be displayed when you view the exported-rule data.  When importing those rules, rules with the '._' expression are rejected and placed in the rejected-rule file that is specified in the %brm_import_macro function.  However, the rules should not be rejected.  The problem occurs when these conditions are true:

• You create a rule with multiple condition-terms in SAS Business Rules Manager.
• You export the rules using the %brm_export_macro function.

Here are two workarounds:

• In the rule import file, move the rule with the '._' expression back to the first rule in the file.  Then, import the modified file. 
• On the system where the export was created, follow these steps:

1. Open the rule set.
2. On each condition column, add a "space" to the value.
3. Save the rule set.
4. Export the rules.
5. Import rules on the target system.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Business Rules Manager 3.2 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Model Manager 14.2 is available at: