Any change to a rate table (which is configured to populate RateCell rule objects) has the potential to affect product delivery cases, typically when the value of an existing version of a rate is changed or a new effective period of a rate table comes into effect (see "Implementing Rate Tables" in the Cúram Integrated Case Management Configuration Guide).
The Dependency Manager does not know which rate tables do or do not affect cases, and so for any change in rate table data, the Dependency Manager will treat the change as one that might affect cases. If rate table changes are unrelated to case assessments, then the Dependency Manager will simply identify that no product delivery cases are affected.
In contrast to the other types of data changes described above, there is no system-wide "publication" step for rate table changes.
However, the Engine contains a special "Apply Changes" option which allows an administrator to choose when the changes made to rate tables will start to affect product delivery cases. Until an administrator chooses this option, rate table changes have no effect on case processing (for CER-based cases). Other processing outside the Engine will see the rate table changes immediately, though.