Rules data configurations are used to link the data that is needed to ascertain eligibility and entitlement with the rules that are used to determine it. The application allows both evidence types and non evidence entities to be linked to rules sets though rules data configurations. A new rules data configuration can be added dynamically. For convenience, existing rules data configurations can also be copied and edited on the fly as required.
A name must be specified for each rules data configuration and data is then added in XML format. For example, a data configuration can be added that links income assistance data to the 'Income Assistance Product Eligibility and Entitlement' rule set.
Each new or in edit rules data configuration must then be published in order for it to become active on the system. Once published, the changes will be taken into account when case reassessment next occurs within any product delivery case based on a product that uses the rules data configuration that was changed, for example when reassessment is manually initiated within the case or financials are generated. The system also captures information about the fact that a change has occurred to a rules data configuration, which is then used by batch processes that can be initiated to reassess all cases affected by the change. For more detailed information on rules data configurations, see the Cúram How to Build a Product guide.