About Rules Library

The GE Digital APM Rules Library serves as a repository of rule projects that can be referenced from family rule projects. By storing rule code in the Rules Library and referencing it from family rule projects, you can reuse rule code repeatedly. This results in more efficient and organized rule authoring than using family-level and field-level customization alone.

The Rules Library contains two types of projects:

GE Digital APM Rule Projects: Rule projects that are distributed as part of the GE Digital APM baseline product and are referenced within the GE Digital APM baseline families. These projects are stored in the GE Digital APM folder in the Rules Library. The GE Digital APM folder contains the following subfolders that organize the GE Digital APM rule projects according to the GE Digital APM module in which they are used.
- Module-specific subfolders: Folders that store rule projects, organized according to the module in which each project is used (e.g., Calibration, Inspection, Metrics, etc.). These folders contain baseline rules, but they are not associated with a specific baseline family in the same way as the rule projects in the Root Entity Families folder. In other words, the Calibration rule project is not necessarily associated specifically with the Calibration family. It simply stores rule code that is used within Calibration Management.
- Root Entity Families: Folders that store rule projects that are associated with specific, baseline entity families. The name of the rule project corresponds to the name of the family for which it stores rule code.
- Relationship Families: Folders that store rule projects that are associated with specific, baseline relationship families. The name of the rule project corresponds to the name of the family for which it stores rule code.
You can view the rule projects that are delivered with GE Digital APM and reference them in any family you like, and you can copy any of the rule code and use it as the basis for creating your own rule projects. You cannot, however, modify or delete these projects, and you cannot add new projects to the Meridium folder.
Client Rule Projects: Rule projects that are created by customers to support their own unique implementations of GE Digital APM. These projects are stored in the Client folder in the Rules Library.