Simulation Feature for Business Rules?

[rezadwi]

Hello,

I would like to know if this feature really exist?

I found someone's blog here, stated that this feature exist.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/simulation-feature-sap-successfactors-chapter-12--5yjxc/

Seems I did not find any official document from help.sap.com with regards this specific feature.

Regards,
Reza

[Sylvia_Strangfeld · Accepted solution]

Hi @rezadwi, this is Sylvia, PM for Business Rules Framework at SuccessFactors. 

Thx for sharing this linkedIn post. I can assure you, that the feature described doesn't exist. As @Iulia_Bobaru  mentioned, there are different validations available in the business rules engine itself, but also in the Checktool and in some applications. However, a tool to simulate if a rule is doing what the user thinks it is designed for, the option to "Input test values for the fields or data points involved in the rule (e.g., employee details, job changes, leave dates)." and simulate the rule execution result based on these test values is NOT an available feature!

I know the requirement to have such a functionality from our customer influence tool (https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/idea/46640), however, currently this topic is not on our roadmap.

I added a comment in LinkedIn and ask the author to give more insight in what he described, but didn't get an answer yet.

Hope this helps...

BR, Sylvia

[rezadwi · Accepted solution]

Hi Sylvia,

Thank you for clarifying this

Regards,
Reza

[Iulia_Bobaru]

Hi Reza,

I haven't been able to find that feature either in any of the official SAP documentation. 

For time management specifically there is the Time Account Simulator which can be enabled to simulate accruals 2479225 - How to enable Time Account Simulator - SAP for Me

For other purposes, the rule trace can be useful to check any potential issues related to rule execution - Creating Business Rule Execution Logs | SAP Help Portal

Other than that, there are some Check Tool validations that can be carried out for rules.

Hope that helps.

Iulia