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Syniti RDG is an SAP-endorsed application on the Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) to facilitate MDG implementation with intuitive UI and process automation. RDG automates many of the technical configuration steps that are required to implement SAP MDG and it offers a user-friendly interface to be more relatable to business users.  

The below example is based on the aforementioned guide to create a validation and derivation rule to be triggered for a specific Change Request Type for attribute values in Entity AD_POSTAL of Data Model BP.

Step 1: Create the Validation/Derivation Rule in Syniti RDG 

• In the main menu, select "Manage Business Rules".
  
   
• In the following steps, the user can choose a Change request type from the list and select the entity for which the rule has to be created. The user then needs to select the type of Business Rule that he/she wants to create. Value Check Rule to create Validation Rule in BRFPlus and Derivation Rule to create Derivation Rule in BRFPlus.
  
• The user then selects the attribute value for which the rule has to be created and provides the condition and action. The user can subsequently specify for which processing step in the workflow should this rule be triggered. On saving, the rule gets created in the corresponding catalog in BRFPlus. 
• Validation Rule: If AD_POSTAL-REF_POSTA = “CN” or AD_POSTAL = “IN”, then display error message “COUNTRY IS INVALID” for all workflow steps.
  

Derivation Rule: If AD_POSTAL-REF-POSTA = “US” and AD_POSTAL-CITY1 = “DENVER”, then derive the attribute value AD_POSTAL-POST-COD1 = “80014” only for Initial processing step.

 Step 2: Trigger the rule in nwbc application. 

• The rules created in the previous step are triggered when creating a Change Request of the type for which the rules are created in RDG (ZBP1P5).
• Validation Rule 
  
• Derivation Rule
  
  Below are the rules that got automatically generated in BRFPlus under the catalog FMDM_MODEL_BP through Syniti RDG.
• Validation Rule:

Condition

Action 

• Derivation Rule: 

Condition 

Action 

 With the help of Syniti RDG, you can now create rules without the hassles of attending to the many technical configuration steps of defining these rules in BRFPlus.

Syniti RDG is a certified SAP BTP solution and is available on SAP App Store. 

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